Castlethorpe Parish Council · Milton Keynes

Welcome to Castlethorpe

A village of around 1,200 people in open countryside on the edge of the Tove Valley, seven miles north of Milton Keynes.

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Updates from the Parish Council, the police and around the village.

Castlethorpe News
Remembrance

The Village Pays Its Respects

The annual commemoration was held at the War Memorial at 9.15am preceded by a parade of the Hanslope and Castlethorpe Beavers and Cubs from the Village Hall to the Memorial.

The service was led by Fr Gary Ecclestone who read out the names of those who gave their lives in war for our country. A Beaver, Joshua McGee, laid a wreath on behalf of the village and an officer also laid a wreath on behalf of Thames Valley Police. ‘The Last Post’ was played by Keith Jones of New Bradwell Silver Band, followed by the two minutes silence and ‘Reveille’.

Philip Ayles, Chair, Castlethorpe Parish Council

Photos courtesy of local photographer, ShootGeordie

Community safety

Winter Crime Prevention Campaign

The Winter Crime Prevention Campaign aims to raise awareness and provide tips to keep our community safe during the winter months.

The Lounge

New Membership Cards

Members of Castlethorpe Community Space CIC can now collect their new membership cards directly from The Lounge.

Map of the proposed New Town area around Haversham
Planning

Proposed New Town based around Haversham

  • 21,500homes proposed
  • 10+ yrsto build
  • J14anew junction?

As part of the Government New Towns Proposal, Milton Keynes is one of the designated sites and an area identified around Haversham, running just into Castlethorpe by the Dips and up and around Hanslope Park. It is planned to include up to 21,500 new homes and potentially a new motorway junction at Tathall End. Apart from the ecological - it will cross the Wetlands Arc of the Ouse Valley, and environmental impacts - a new bridge across the Ouse Valley will have to be constructed, and the cost which may well be paid by creating a warehousing facility near the potential new J14a at Tathall End, this amount of housing will take at least 10 years to construct (MK currently builds less than 2,000 houses a year) causing disruption on our main access to Milton Keynes.

Around the village

Village Information

Meetings, policing, speed watch and how Castlethorpe is doing.

Council meetings
Mon 7 Dec · 7.30pm

Next Parish Council Meeting

The next Parish Council meeting is at 7.30pm on Monday 7th December at the Village Hall.

5 – 29 Oct 2026

Crimes reported in Castlethorpe

Crime statistics for the village for 5th to 29th October 2026.

184 / 200

Best Kept Village

Castlethorpe scored 184 out of 200 in Best Kept Village 2026.

13 April 2026

Annual Parish Meeting

This is not a Council Meeting but a statutory annual meeting every parish has to hold at this time of year. The Chair gives a report to the village for the past year and takes questions.

Lesley Rogers

PCSO for the village

Contact Lesley about community matters and local events. Please do not contact Lesley to report incidents or crime. Contact Lesley if you need any advice or would like her to attend a Community event as she looks forward to working with us closely.

Volunteers wanted

Speed watch volunteers needed

Castlethorpe has a Community Speedwatch programme, which uses a speed gun operated by volunteers to cut down speeding in the village.

Getting about

Helpful Sites

Live buses and trains, and what goes in which bin.

Since the Iron Age

Castlethorpe Village History

Castlethorpe is a village with a population of about 1,200, set in open countryside seven miles north of Milton Keynes city centre and close to the boundary with Northamptonshire. It lies on the northern edge of the Tove Valley which is designated as a Special Landscape Area.

The Parish Church is dedicated to St Simon and St Jude – originally Saxon, extended by the Normans, and home to the 17th-century monument to Sir Thomas Tyrell. The village now has 21 listed buildings, some from the 15th century, and a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Castle Field.

Residents
1,200
Listed buildings
21
From MK centre
7 mi
Full village history MK Heritage

  1. 600–400 BC

    The Castlethorpe dagger – now in the British Museum, alongside a 2nd-century hoard with a silver bracelet and coins.

  2. Norman era

    A motte and bailey castle is built and Castle Thorpe, the settlement around it, becomes a village in its own right.

  3. 1215

    The castle is destroyed in the Barons' Revolt against King John. The mound and ditches survive in Castle Field.

  4. 1729

    The tower of St Simon and St Jude collapses and is rebuilt – shorter, for lack of funds.

  5. 1800s

    The London and Birmingham Railway arrives, with Castlethorpe station and the water troughs. Many villagers work at Wolverton Works.

  6. 1905

    The Great Fire of Castlethorpe – a spark from a steam train sets light to a thatch; 13 houses burn and 36 people are left homeless.

  7. 1964

    The station closes in the Beeching cuts.

  8. 1974

    Castlethorpe becomes part of the Borough of Milton Keynes – a City since 2022.

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