Borough of Charnwood
Shown within Leicestershire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Leicestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 164th 279.06 km²
Admin. HQ:	Loughborough
ONS code:	31UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 102nd 153,383 550 / km²
Ethnicity:	91.7% White 6.0% S.Asian
Politics
Charnwood Borough Council http://www.charnwoodbc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour + Liberal Democrats
MPs:	Stephen Dorrell, Andy Reed

Charnwood is a local government district with borough status in northern Leicestershire, England. It is named for Charnwood Forest, which it contains. The main town is Loughborough.

It was formed in 1974 as a merger of the borough of Loughborough, the Shepshed urban district and the Barrow-on-Soar Rural District .

To the south it borders Leicester, about 20km away from Loughborough. There is a moderately urbanised 'A6' corridor between the towns and close to the River Soar, including Quorn, Barrow-on-Soar , Mountsorrel, Birstall, Thurnby , Syston and East Goscote. Other places in the district include Shepshed.

Charnwood is represented in Parliament by the Conservative Stephen Dorrell, the former National Heritage Secretary (1994 - 1995) and Health Secretary (1995 - 1997) during John Major's Government.

Parishes

• Anstey
• Barkby , Barkby Thorpe , Barrow upon Soar , Beeby , Birstall, Burton on the Wolds
• Cossington, Cotes
• East Goscote
• Hathern , Hoton
• Mountsorrel
• Newton Linford
• Prestwold
• Queniborough , Quorndon
• Ratcliffe on the Wreake , Rearsby , Rothley
• Seagrave , Shepshed, Sileby , South Croxton , Swithland, Syston
• Thrussington , Thurcaston and Cropston , Thurmaston
• Ulverscroft
• Walton on the Wolds , Wanlip , Woodhouse, Wymeswold