Editing Lutterworth (section)

== Transport ==
Lutterworth lies on the [[A426 road|A426]] Leicester–Rugby road, adjacent to the [[M1 motorway]] at junction 20. It is also located within a few miles of the [[M6 motorway]] and [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] trunk road. A southern bypass, the [[A4303 road|A4303]], was opened in 1999, providing a route for traffic from the M1 to the A5 to avoid Lutterworth town centre.

The nearest railway station to Lutterworth is {{rws|Rugby}}, about six miles to the south. The town formerly had [[Lutterworth railway station|its own railway station]] on the former [[Great Central Main Line]], which opened in 1899 and closed in 1969.<ref name="localhistLut"/>

Historically there were another two railway stations close to Lutterworth: The first was [[Ullesthorpe railway station|Ullesthorpe & Lutterworth]], about {{convert|3|mi|km|abbr=on}} to the north west, on the former [[Midland Railway]] (later part of the [[London, Midland & Scottish Railway|LMS]]) line from Rugby to {{rws|Leicester}}, closed on 1 January 1962. The second was [[Welford and Kilworth railway station|Welford & Kilworth]], at one time known as Welford & Lutterworth, some {{convert|5|mi|km|abbr=on}} east on the [[London & North Western Railway]] (also later LMS) line from Rugby to {{rws|Market Harborough}} and {{rws|Peterborough}}, closed on 6 June 1966.

[[Arriva Fox County|Arriva Midlands]] and [[Centrebus]] are the main operators of bus services around Lutterworth with services into [[Leicester]], [[Market Harborough]], [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]], and [[Hinckley]].