Charnwood may refer to:

County of Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Borough of Charnwood The Borough of Charnwood is a local government district with borough status in the north of Leicestershire, England, which has a population of 166,100 as of the 2011 census. It borders Melton to the east, Harborough to the south east, Leices ...

, a local government district in the county of Leicestershire, England **

Charnwood Borough Council elections Charnwood Borough Council elections are held every four years. Charnwood Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 52 councillors hav ...

Charnwood (ward) Charnwood was an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 13,291. It comprised the northern Leicester suburb of Northfields and its Tailby and Morton ex ...

, an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England *

Charnwood Forest Charnwood Forest is a hilly tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville. The area is undulating, rocky and picturesque, with barren areas. It also has some extensive tracts of woodland ...

, within the borough **

Charnwood Lodge Charnwood Lodge is a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Charnwood Forest, east of Coalville in Leicestershire. It is a national nature reserve, and contains two Geological Conservation Review sites. It is managed by ...

, a Site of Special Scientific Interest within the forest **

Oaks in Charnwood Oaks in Charnwood is a hamlet of scattered houses in the English county of Leicestershire within the Charnwood Forest. Oaks in Charnwood is located in and is part of the Civil Parish of Charley in North West Leicestershire. The ecclesiastical Pari ...

, a scattered settlement within the forest *

Charnwood (UK Parliament constituency) Charnwood is a constituency in Leicestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Edward Argar, a Conservative. Constituency profile The seat emerged from the Boundary Commission report of 1995 reflecting ...

, Leicestershire constituency in the British House of Commons *

Charnwood College Charnwood College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form that is located on Thorpe Hill in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. History Charnwood College can trace its history back to 1690 as the Hickling School for Girls. Bur ...

, Loughborough *

Charnwood Forest Canal The Charnwood Forest Canal, sometimes known as the "Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation", was opened between Thringstone and Nanpantan, with a further connection to Barrow Hill, near Worthington, in 1794 It marks the beginning of a period ...

, sometimes known as the "Forest Line of the Leicester Navigation" *

Charnwood Forest Railway The Charnwood Forest Railway was a branch line in Leicestershire constructed by the Charnwood Forest Company between 1881 and 1883. The branch line ran from Coalville (joined from the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway (ANJR)) to the town of Loug ...

, a branch line from Coalville to Loughborough *

Charnwood Museum Charnwood Museum is a local history museum in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. Overview It is accredited by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). It is managed in partnership between Leicestershire County Council and Charn ...

, Loughborough

Other uses

Operation Charnwood Operation Charnwood was an Anglo-Canadian offensive that took place from 8 to 9 July 1944, during the Battle for Caen, part of the larger Operation Overlord (code-name for the Battle of Normandy) in the Second World War. The operation was i ...

, a Second World War Anglo-Canadian operation during the Battle of Normandy that captured northern Caen *

Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory Charnwood () is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Design Charnwood's estate design was based on the Radburn principle. Under this design, houses were to face common parkla ...

, a suburb of Canberra, Australia * The Barons Charnwood, barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom **

Godfrey Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood Godfrey Rathbone Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood (6 November 1864 – 3 February 1945), was an English author, academic, Liberal politician and philanthropist. Benson was born in Alresford, Hampshire, the fourth son of William Benson, a barrister, ...

(1864–1945), British politician and biographer of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt; known as Lord Charnwood {{disambiguation