Long Whatton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Long Whatton and Diseworth, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the English county of Leicestershire.

It is south of East Midlands Airport, off Junctions 23 and 23A of the M1 motorway, and has easy access to Loughborough via the A6 and to Shepshed, Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Kegworth.

The village is clean and well built[citation needed], several of the houses being modern, and is situated on the south bank of a small rivulet.

Long Whatton hosts a village show every August Bank Holiday.

On 1 April 1936 the parish of Diseworth was merged with Long Whatton, parts of Hathern and Shepshed was also merged,[2] on 4 August 1999 the parish was renamed "Long Whatton & Diseworth".