Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Harborough · Region: East Midlands
Explore Bitteswell, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bitteswell map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bitteswell, Leicestershire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Bitteswell |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Harborough |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.477002 |
| Longitude | -1.211233 |
| Place Type | Village |
Bitteswell holds the quiet gravity of a limestone heart beating beneath the rolling clay of Leicestershire. It lies 1.6 miles north-north-west of Lutterworth (from Lutterworth: bearing 343°T, OS grid SP 536 868), and is situated south-south-east of Ashby Parva village. Ancient ridge-and-furrow patterns ripple across the surrounding fields like frozen waves, a ghost-map of medieval ploughing etched into the heavy earth. The spire of St Mary’s Church rises above the rooftops, catching the pale, thin light of the East Midlands with a cold, grey dignity. A short distance away, the open expanse of Lutterworth Country Park offers a wide, green lung to the landscape, where the wind carries the scent of damp grass and distant woodsmoke. Further afield, the rare, water-logged sanctuary of Misterton Marshes Sssi preserves a fragile, tangled wilderness of reeds and hidden channels. Bitteswell remains anchored by this intricate interplay of man-made boundaries and the stubborn persistence of the natural world. Through the changing seasons, the air here retains a sharp, clear quality that defines the character of the horizon.
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Explore Bitteswell, Leicestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.477002, -1.211233. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |