Charnwood

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