25/09/2026
💚 VILLAGE SPOTLIGHT FRIDAY | WICKEN
This week we’re staying close to home and heading to Wicken, a small Northamptonshire village with an MK postcode and a surprisingly big history. 🏡🌿
Tucked away in beautiful countryside close to Deanshanger and the Buckinghamshire border, Wicken has a wonderfully peaceful, traditional village feel.
But there’s much more to it than first meets the eye. Wicken can trace its history back to Saxon times, is recorded in the Domesday Book, and during the Middle Ages was actually two separate settlements, Wick Dive and Wick Hamon before they were united into one parish in 1587.
The village’s history even attracted Channel 4’s Time Team, with an archaeological investigation exploring evidence of Roman and Saxon settlement in the area.
Today, Wicken remains a small but active community, with its village hall, sports club, St John the Evangelist Church and local groups, all surrounded by beautiful countryside.
Property here reflects the character of the village too, with a mix of period cottages, individual homes and more modern properties all within easy reach of the larger surrounding villages and Milton Keynes.
For such a small village, Wicken certainly has plenty of history and character. 💚
Nicola Langford
Your Local Village Property Expert
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