Charnwood
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| Borough of Charnwood | |
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 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 (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 101st 155,402 557 / 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
| Districts of England - East Midlands | 
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Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Blaby | Bolsover | Boston | Broxtowe | Charnwood | Chesterfield | Corby | Daventry | Derby | Derbyshire Dales | East Lindsey | East Northamptonshire | Erewash | Gedling | Harborough | High Peak | Hinckley and Bosworth | Kettering | Leicester | Lincoln | Mansfield | Melton | Newark and Sherwood | Northampton | North East Derbyshire | North Kesteven | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham | Oadby and Wigston | Rushcliffe | Rutland | South Derbyshire | South Holland | South Kesteven | South Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | West Lindsey | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire |