It is situated 7 miles (11 km) north from Boston.

Westville lies in the fen country close to the village of Frithville.

Westville consists of Westville Farm and a couple of houses including the original Farmhouse, (Home Farm).

Westville was created a township after the draining of the West Fen in 1812,[1] in 1866 Westville became a separate civil parish,[2] on 1 April 2005 the parish was abolished and merged with Frithville to form "Frithville and Westville".

[4] John Rennie directed the building of an early-19th-century bridge over the Twenty Foot Drain at Westville; it is Grade II listed.