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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.
- 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
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