Castlethorpe Parish has a friendly village with a population of about 1,200, set in open countryside seven miles north of Milton Keynes city centre. The parish runs north west to south east. Its western boundary with Northamptonshire is the Tove River Valley which is designated as a Special Landscape Area. It extends north almost to Grafton Regis with Hanslope Parish to the north east and Haversham cum Little Linford and the Wetlands Arc of the Ouse River Valley to the south east.

The village shop is open daily from 7am to 7.30pm (to noon on Sundays) with a sub-post office open from 9am to 5.30pm on weekdays. For more information click here.

The Pavilion Cafe & Bar at the Sports Ground is temporarily closed but should re-open in summer 2026.

For children village has a First School, Nursery, Youth Club, a thriving football club and two play areas - one with a zip wire. For adults there are several local organisations always looking for new members and the Village Hall is kept busy with events. There are tennis courts, a basketball court and a free outdoor gym at the Sports Ground, where Castlethorpe Cricket Club play their fixtures in the summer.

The village also has two defibrillators for use in emergencies such as heart attacks. They are located on the front of the Village Hall and the side of the Cricket Pavilion facing the car park at the Sport Ground in Thrupp Close.