Fittleworth is a West Sussex village on the A283 Petworth to Pulborough road. Its southern boundary is the River Rother.
 
The village has two churches, one Evangelical and St. Marys Anglican church. There is a stores, post office, a primary school and the Swan Inn which in 1925, became home to and one of the first meeting places of the Ancient Order of Froth Blowers.
 
The explorer and broadcaster Duncan Carse lived in Fittleworth for over 40 years until he died in May 2004. It was also the home of the composer Edward Elgar for a number of years. Sculptor Alan Thornhill spent his childhood, between 1925 and 1936 here, his family building 'Rotherwood'. More can be read in a well put together article by Jon Edgar.
 
Fittleworth had a railway station until 1963, on a branch line of the now closed Midhurst Railways.
In the 2001 census the parish had 405 households with a total population of 931.

The Swan Hotel around a 100 years ago click image for Old Photos of Fittleworth In 1536 The Swan Inn was the coaching inn. Here horses of the royal couriers of the King's Post from London to the coast, were changed before the long climb up the South Downs at Bury Hill

The Ancient Order of Froth Blowers In 1925 the Swan became home to and one of the first meeting places of the Ancient Order of Froth Blowers, which by 1928 had over 700,000 members. The Swan is still called 'Vat No.0'. Todays Froth Blowers wikipedia

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