Bottesford is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Melton in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England.

[2] It borders smaller parishes in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, such as Redmile, Sedgebrook, Orston and Elton on the Hill.

The local amenities include a post office, a railway station, a library, a church, a convenience store, three restaurants and three pubs: The Bull Inn,[3] The Rutland Arms,[4] and The Thatch.

[16] There were two brickyards at Beckinthorpe in the 19th century, one also producing the unique Bottesford Blue pantiles to be seen on some local buildings.

The four pubs, six restaurants, at least 16 retailers and 20 odd small producers and service providers today are one-person or family concerns.

One of the Grade II listed buildings, Providence Cottage in Rectory Lane, is dated 1723 in burnt bricks on the eastern elevation, where the initials REH set into wall.

The Duke of Rutland's Almshouse, also Grade II listed, was begun in 1590 and was a home for elderly local men called bedesmen (i. e. almoners), having once been a hospital.

The Rectory, Grade II listed, is an ironstone and brick building dated 1708, enlarged in the 19th century and altered in 1988.

It stands in Rectory Lane behind wrought iron gates, amid large, landscaped gardens, and has a slate roof.

Market Street is the location of the Grade II listed Dr Fleming's House, which was once a terrace of women's almshouses built in ironstone and mainly rebuilt in brick in the late 18th century.

The village is served by Bottesford railway station on the Nottingham, Grantham and Skegness line.

[20] The name came about because some of the funds used to buy up the original hall came from leftover money raised in the village during the Second World War to send parcels to those serving in the armed forces.

A new village hall was built in 2003, mainly funded by a grant from Awards for All (Lottery) and local contributions.

[21] To mark the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2002, several large developments in Bottesford include the creation of a memorial green.

Local community information has appeared since 2002 in the Village Voice newsletter, which is delivered free to every house.

This initially controversial change was hailed as a success after the schools inspectorate Ofsted rated Belvoir as Outstanding in its 2010 inspection report.

[24] It was rated Good in leadership, behaviour, teaching and achievement, and Outstanding in sixth-form provision in its most recent Ofsted report.

[29] In birth order Ten-year-old Rosie May Storrie of Bottesford was murdered during a house party in Normanton on 30 December 2003, two days after she had made her first stage appearance as a dancer in a pantomime.

[32] Smith, who had been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome and had a history of violence against girls, was sentenced to life imprisonment with minimum term of fourteen years.