Lutterworth - a view of the Town

An outline of our Town and surrounding District

Whittle Roundabout Lutterworth

Located at the southern most tip of Leicestershire, Lutterworth is an attractive market town with a population at just over 10000. It is surrounded by a rural environment containing several attractive villages. It is well served in terms of national transport routes with the M1 and M6 motorways being readily accessible.

 Lutterworth has twice made its mark on world history. In the Fourteenth Century John Wycliffe made his pioneering translation of the Bible whilst serving as Rector of Lutterworth and, more than five hundred years later, Sir Frank Whittle developed the jet engine at the Ladywood Works off Leicester Road.  The photograph shows the life-sized replica of the aircraft, situated on a local roundabout, designed to prove his engine.

The imposing buildings in the town centre date mainly from the coaching heyday between 1750 and 1850. As long distance communications became more practical, the town became an important posting station for stagecoaches on the London to Chester turnpike and the High Street is still dominated by the Greyhound Hotel and other former coaching inns, the Denbigh and the Hind.

Lutterworth has catered for the needs of its local population and its visitors for hundreds of years. It boasts an excellent range of independent retailers who can provide everything from locally produced food to designer clothes and gifts for all occasions. The town has modern supermarkets as well as family businesses that have given good service for generations.

'What We Do' Main Pages:

The role of the International Committee.

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Whittle Roundabout Lutterworth

An outline of our Town and surrounding District

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Litter Picking

The purpose of the Fund Raising Committee is to identify and organise local events, both to be seen in the local community, and raise the necessary funds required to support our chosen charities and our community service projects

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Refurbishing and re-roofing a garden shed in the grounds of "Our House", the base for the charity Academy of Dementia Research and Education

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The Rotary Foundation & our Rotary Club

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An outline of the role of the Youth Committee.

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Concerned with aspects of membership.

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