Westville is an area in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and is just west and 10 km inland from the Durban CBD.

The climate is subtropical; Westville experiences mild, dry winters, and hot, humid summers with frequent late afternoon downpours.

The settlement began in 1847 as the farm "Westville" (named in honour of Martin West, the first British lieutenant-governor of what was then the province of Natal).

In March 1848 a group of Germans, brought out by Jonas Bergtheil, arrived in Port Natal to settle the area and farm cotton.

[2] They established several farms both in Westville and neighbouring New Germany (the two settlements are separated by the Palmiet Valley), and were a tight-knit community.

The Westville settlers would travel through Palmiet Valley on Sundays to attend the Lutheran Church in New Germany.

The Bergtheil Museum, located on what is today 16 Queen's Avenue, was built in the 1840s and is the oldest remaining house in Westville.

Further afield tourists can experience the evergreen Western Inland Route and Natal's regional attractions, including the Drakensberg (Barrier of Spears) Battlefields Tours, game reserves and Zululand.