Carrington may refer to: *

Carrington (name) Carrington and Carington are surnames originating from one of the Carrington (disambiguation)#Places, Carringtons in England, or from the town of Carentan in Normandy, France. It is also rarely a given name. Surname Scientists *Alan Carrington (19 ...

, an English surname and given name

Places

In Australia

Carrington, Queensland Carrington is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Carrington had a population of 191 people. Geography The Atherton–Herberton Road runs through from north to south. History The town was originally n ...

, Australia, a locality near Atherton *

Carrington, New South Wales Carrington is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, and is named after Lord Carrington, governor of New South Wales in 1887 when the area was proclaimed a municipality. Carrington had a population of almost 2,000 in 2016. Orig ...

, Australia, a suburb of Newcastle *

Carrington, New South Wales (Mid-Coast Council) Carrington is a locality in the Mid-Coast Council local government area of the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia, located on the northern shores of Port Stephens. Carrington was named in 1828 by Robert Dawson, ...

, Australia, a locality * Carrington Falls, New South Wales, a waterfall *

Carrington Street Carrington Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east–west, from East Terrace to King William Street, blocked at Hutt Street and crossing Pulteney Street at Hurtle Square. It is on ...

, a street in Adelaide

In Barbados

* Carrington, Saint Philip, Barbados, a village

In Great Britain

Carrington, Greater Manchester Carrington is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Cheshire, the village is west of the Greater Manchester Urban Area, and includes several industrial sites. ...

, a village and civil parish *

Carrington Moss Carrington Moss is a large area of bog, peat bog near Carrington, Greater Manchester, Carrington, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey, south-west of Manchester. It occupies an area of about . The depth of peat varies between ...

, a large area of peat bog near Carrington, Greater Manchester * Carrington, Lincolnshire, a village and civil parish *

Carrington, Midlothian Carrington is a small, rural village in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located to the south of Bonnyrigg. The civil parish of the same name has a population of 316 (in 2011).Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, pub ...

, a village *

Carrington, Nottingham Carrington is a small suburb of Nottingham, England, located approximately north of Nottingham city centre. It lies next to the areas of Sherwood, Mapperley, Forest Fields, Basford, Sherwood Rise and the Forest Recreation Ground. Amen ...

, Nottinghamshire, a small suburb of Nottingham

In the United States

* Carrington, Missouri, an unincorporated community *

Carrington, North Dakota Carrington is a city in Foster County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Foster County. A part of Carrington Township and Wyard Township The population was 2,080 at the 2020 census. Carrington was founded in 1883. Carring ...

, a city

On the Moon

Carrington (crater) Carrington is a lunar impact crater that is located just to the northeast of the crater Schumacher, in the northeastern part of the near side of the Moon. Carrington was named by the IAU in 1935. It lies in a stretch of rough terrain between two ...

, a lunar crater

Schools

Carrington College, Otago Carrington College is a residential college of the University of Otago The University of Otago () is a public university, public research university, research collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Founded in 1869, O ...

(opened 1945), Residential College at the University of Otago in New Zealand *

Carrington College (US) Carrington College is a network of for-profit private colleges with its headquarters in Sacramento, California, and 17 locations throughout the Western United States. Established in 1967, it has a student enrollment of over 5,200 and 132,000 al ...

, a network of for-profit private colleges in the western United States *

Carrington High School Carrington Public Schools are a system of a publicly funded schools serving the cities of Carrington, Grace City, Sykeston and Woodworth, and the surrounding rural areas in North Dakota, United States. There is an elementary school and a hig ...

, North Dakota, United States *

Carrington Middle School The Durham Public Schools district is a public school district in Durham, North Carolina. Formed in 1992 with the merger of Durham's previous two school districts, it is 8th largest school system in North Carolina as of November 2020. There ...

, Durham County, North Carolina, United States *

Carrington School Carrington School is a coeducational secondary school located in Redhill, Surrey, England. Initially known as The Warwick School, it was founded in September 1984 through a merger of Albury Manor and Redstone Schools. Previously a community s ...

, a secondary school in Redhill, Surrey, England

Arts and entertainment

Dora Carrington Dora de Houghton Carrington (29 March 1893 – 11 March 1932), known generally as Carrington, was an English painter and decorative artist, remembered in part for her association with members of the Bloomsbury Group, especially the writer Lytt ...

(1893–1932), British artist typically known simply as "Carrington" * ''Carrington'' (film) (1995), British biographical film about Dora Carrington * ''Carrington V.C.'' (play) (1953), British legal drama * ''Carrington V.C.'' (film) (1955)

Other

Baron Carrington Baron Carrington is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of England, once in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. History The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1643 in favour ...

, three titles, one each in the Peerage of England, Ireland and Great Britain *

Viscount Carrington Viscount Carrington, of Burford in the Province of Connaught, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1643 for Charles Smyth, 1st Baron Carrington of Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire. He had only a few days earlier been created Baron C ...

, a title in the Peerage of Ireland * Carrington,

Trafford Training Centre Trafford Training Centre (usually referred to by the synecdoche of Carrington) is the training ground and academy headquarters of English football club Manchester United. It is near the village of Carrington, Greater Manchester, England, and re ...

, training ground of Manchester United F.C. * Carrington railway station, former railway station in Carrington, Nottingham