This brought employment and new families as it had its own farms, gas installation etc., but in the 1920s it was demolished, the land and buildings split up.

[6] The construction of the grass airfield started in March 1940 and by August 1941 night flight training was able to commence using Vickers Wellington bombers.

[8] Bitteswell has a Grade II* listed Church,[9][10] with 13 domestic buildings, two memorials and a village telephone box that are Grade II listed,[11] a Church of England Primary School, and two pubs (The Man at Arms[12] and The Olde Royal Oak[13]).

[14] Bitteswell have 2 Saturday senior XI teams that compete in the Leicestershire & Rutland Cricket League,[15] a Sunday XI team, and a junior training section that play competitive cricket in the Leicestershire Youth League.

[16] Lutterworth RFC was established in 1872, and their ground is situated on the northern edge of the parish boundary on Ashby Lane[17] and they claim to be the oldest rugby union club in Leicestershire.