Borough of Charnwood

Charnwood
Borough and non-metropolitan district
Loughborough Carillon
Shown within Leicestershire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Leicestershire
Admin. HQ	Loughborough
Government
• Type	Charnwood Borough Council
• MPs:	Edward Argar (Con, Melton and Syston) Jeevun Sandher (Lab, Loughborough)
Area
• Total	108 sq mi (279 km²)
• Rank	127th
Population (2024)
• Total	188,385
• Rank	Ranked 114th
• Density	1,750/sq mi (675/km²)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 82.3% White 12.4% Asian 2.5% Mixed 1.5% Black 1.3% other
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 44.1% Christianity 43.3% no religion 9.3% other 3.3% Islam
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	31UC (ONS) E07000130 (GSS)

Charnwood is a local government district with borough status in the north of Leicestershire, England. It is named after Charnwood Forest, much of which lies within the borough. Towns in the borough include Loughborough (where the council is based), Shepshed and Syston. Villages in the borough include Barrow upon Soar, Birstall, Hathern, Mountsorrel, Quorn, Rothley, Sileby and Woodhouse Eaves.

The neighbouring districts are Melton, Harborough, Leicester, Blaby, Hinckley and Bosworth, North West Leicestershire and Rushcliffe.