Gilmorton is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Lutterworth in Leicestershire, England.

[citation needed] The toponym may be derived from Old English: gilden (or gylden) meaning "golden",[3] and morton, "town on the moor".

enclosed common land in the parish..[9] A tower mill at Gilmorton was built early in the 19th century.

In 1953 its main runway was extended by 4,800 feet (1,500 m), bringing it into Gilmorton parish and within 1⁄4 mile (400 m) of the village.

The M1 motorway extension from Crick, Northamptonshire, north to Leeds was built parallel with the Great Central Main Line and just east of it, starting in 1965 and opening in 1968.