Bitteswell

9°CCloudy

• Today: 10° / 7° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:30

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

38 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Other theft5
• Anti-social behaviour4

Neighbourhood team: Lutterworth · Leicestershire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

111 reported road collisions (2025)

56 killed or seriously injured · 155 casualties · 11.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

93 food businesses within 2 miles

• 84 rated 4–5 ★ (79 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£341,706 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Harborough · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£973 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £713
• 2 bed £911
• 3 bed £1,117

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.4 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,596 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.8 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: JJS Manufacturing (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches19
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• New parish council approved for Market Harborough· 3 Nov 2026
• Residents invited to join Remembrance events across Harborough district· 2 Nov 2026
• Local Government Re-organisation update· 29 Oct 2026
• Kibworth Air Quality Management Area to be revoked following air quality improvements· 27 Oct 2026
• Councils proceed with judicial review claim in view of pause on local government reorganisation· 15 Oct 2026

Source: Harborough Council

97,626 residents in Harborough · 165/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,339
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,256
• Net moves+2,083

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 283 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,390 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (22% of 44,900)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

50 schools · 15,634 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

42 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Harborough

633 CQC-registered services

• Care homes165
• GP practices107
• Dentists134
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 48 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

192 applications decided

90.1% granted · 173 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alberto Costa

Conservative

South Leicestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 2
• Con 15
• LD 7
• Grn 3
• Ref 2
• Oth 5

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,955 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

15 jobs advertised · £35,070 avg

e.g. HGV Class 1 Driver, HGV Class 2 Driver, Class 1 HGV Driver

Source: Adzuna

£857 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,293 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,939 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Wind 24% · Biomass 18% · Imports 2%

233 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Leicestershire): 61.4 women · 61.5 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in LE17

• The Wycliffe Medical Practice
• Husbands Bosworth Medical Centre
• The Masharani Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Leicestershire:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth360 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills242 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND227 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 170 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK154 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Bitteswell · 0.0 km

  Bitteswell is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bitteswell with Bittesby, in the Harborough district of Leicestershire in England. It is situated just north of the town of Lutterworth, and…

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  St Mary's Church, Bitteswell · 0.1 km

  St Mary's Church is a church in Bitteswell, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

• Lutterworth Rural District · 0.2 km

  The rural district of Lutterworth in Leicestershire, England existed from 1894 to 1974. It contained the following civil parishes:Arnesby Ashby Magna Ashby Parva Bittesby Bitteswell Broughton Astley Bruntingthorpe C…

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  Lutterworth Town A.F.C. · 0.7 km

  Lutterworth Town Association Football Club is a football club based in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division South and play at Dunley Way.

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  Bitteswell with Bittesby · 0.8 km

  Bitteswell with Bittesby is a civil parish within the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It had a population of 531 residents in 2021. The parish is 80 miles (130 km) north west of London,…

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  Lutterworth College · 0.9 km

  Lutterworth College is a 11–19 non-selective, inclusive, comprehensive, Church of England Secondary School and Sixth Form College with academy status.

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