Leicestershire yanki ne a tsakiyar Ingila, tare da cibiyar gudanarwa a cikin birnin Leicester. Yana da iyaka da wasu larduna da yawa, gami da Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, da Lincolnshire. Sunan "Leicestershire" ya fito ne daga hadewar Tsohuwar kalmomin Ingilishi "Ligera" (ma'ana "mazauna bakin kogi") da "ceaster" (ma'ana "garin Romawa ko kagara"). Saboda haka, Leicestershire na nufin "shire ko lardin mutanen da ke zaune kusa da Kogin Leir ko Soar da garin Roman ko kagara."