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Market Bosworth is a small market town and civil parish in Leicestershire, England. At the time of the 2001 Census, the parish, including the hamlet of Far Coton, had a total population of 1,906.

In Domesday, it was simply Boseworde (Bar's village). There were two villages adjacent with the same name so the one with the commercial market became Market Bosworth. The other, Husband's Bosworth, had merely an agricultural market.

Until 1974 it contained the offices of Market Bosworth Rural District, which was merged in that year with the Hinckley Rural District to form the district of Hinckley and Bosworth.

The market square located in the centre of the village is surrounded by amenities, including various small independent shops, a bank and a post office. A regular market takes place on Wednesdays. The village also has three schools; The Market Bosworth Primary and Junior School, the Market Bosworth High School, and the private Dixie Grammar School. As well as three churches; Anglican, Catholic and Free Church, a fire station, and a hotel. Of notable interest in the corner of the Market Place are two cottages known as the Rose and Thistle Cottages - so named to confirm the link of the Dixie family to England and Scotland. The properties date back to 1640 (engraved in the frame at first floor) and the original 'Crook A frame' can still be seen in Thistle Cottage which is now a popular Tea Room and Bistro. Rose Cottage remains as a private residence. The cottages were extensively rebuilt and were re-faced with brickwork in 1807 (evidenced by date stamped brick on Thistle Cottage facade) to modernise the appearance to be in keeping with other properties around the Market Place at that time.

There are three main pubs within the Town; The Black Horse, which was renovated in 2008 serves high quality food. The Dixie Arms Hotel, a Marston's pub that also has an Italian pizzeria. And the Red Lion, one of Bosworth's oldest building, which occasionally hosts a real ale festival, the town recently lost its fourth pub (The King William IV - known locally as thr King Bill), this has now been converted into four private residences. There are two take-aways; The Batter of Bosworth, which has won many awards for cleanliness, quality and service. Several customers have been so impressed with the chips that they have decided to have them supply the food at their weddings. Next door is Tin Tin, a Cantonese takeway.

Market Bosworth Country Park and a water trust offer outside recreation, and the village is currently having a golf course built in the surrounding fields. The site of the Battle of Bosworth is just a few minutes South of the town. Going out of Bosworth westwards on the B585, the steam Battlefield Line Railway runs at weekends from Shackerstone, not stopping opposite the old Market Bosworth station (now a garage) to Shenton. The Ashby Canal runs adjacent to the railway.

The Battle of Bosworth Field (or Battle of Bosworth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians. Their leader Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, by his victory became the first English monarch of the Tudor dynasty. His opponent, Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was killed in the battle. Historians consider Bosworth Field to mark the end of the Plantagenet dynasty, making it a defining moment of English and Welsh history.