Smeeton Westerby is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district, located 9.38 miles (15 km) south east of Leicester.

Smeeton Westerby is approximately 5.11 miles (8 km) from the nearest railway station which is located in Market Harborough.

[2] The closest area for shops is Kibworth Beauchamp, which is 0.7 miles (1 km) due North of Smeeton Westerby.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Smeeton Westerby as: "…a township-chapelry in Kibworth-Beauchamp parish, Leicester; ½ a mile S of Kibworth r. station, 1 NE of the Grand Union canal, and 5¼ NW of Market -Harborough.

The Vision of Britain website shows the main occupations in 1881 was domestic services for women and agriculture for men.

For instance, every first Thursday the Church runs a pram club, this is for pre-school children and their carers and includes activities such as crafts, songs and refreshments.

[6] The church was consecrated on 31 August 1849 and was designed by Henry Woodyer an architect of the Oxford movement and a graduate of Merton College.

The initial census data for Smeeton Westerby given on the Vision of Britain website was 390 for the population in 1881.

[8] According to the Vision of Britain website in 1881, the primary occupation was unknown for females, this may have been because at this time the majority of women were unemployed.

In 1881 the majority of males in Smeeton Westerby either worked in Workers in Dress or Agriculture as they both scored the same of 30 people.

South Wigston (closed 1962) is 6.71 miles (11 km) North West of Smeeton Westerby.