Charnwood is an electoral ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...

 and administrative division of the city of Leicester

Leicester

Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

, England

England

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. It comprises the northern Leicester suburb of Northfields and its Tailby and Morton ex-council estates

Council house

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Geography

Charnwood is bounded by the wards of Belgrave to the north-west, Rushey Mead

Rushey Mead

Rushey Mead is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It comprises the northern Leicester suburb of Rushey Mead in its entirety, as well as historical parts of Northfields and Thurmaston.-Geography:...

 to the north, Humberstone & Hamilton

Humberstone & Hamilton

Humberstone & Hamilton is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It comprises the north-eastern Leicester suburbs of Humberstone, Humberstone Garden, Hamilton and Netherhall.-Geography:...

 to the east, Coleman

Coleman, Leicester

Coleman is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England, consisting of the Leicester suburbs of Crown Hills and North Evington.-Geography:...

 to the south, Spinney Hills

Spinney Hills

Spinney Hills is an inner city area of Leicester, England. It is situated to the north of the core Highfields area, around Spinney Hill Park. To the north is Northfields, to the east North Evington, to the west is the railway line, and to the south is the main part of Highfields....

 to the south-west and Latimer

Latimer, Leicester

Latimer is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England, consisting of the residential suburb of St Marks.-History:The St Marks estate was built in the wake of Leicester's slum clearance programmes in 1960.-Geography:...

 to the west.

To the west, the Midland Main Line

Midland Main Line

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 separates it from Belgrave

Belgrave, Leicestershire

Belgrave is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England, consisting of the Leicester suburb of Belgrave in its entirety....

, and to the south the Uppingham Road

A47 road

The A47 is a trunk road in England originally linking Birmingham to Great Yarmouth. Most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton is now classified as the B4114.-Route:...

 separates it from Spinney Hills and North Evington. To the east it borders Humberstone, and to the north borders the Troon Way industrial estate.

History

Northfields was named for Leicester's historic North Fields. The area was bombed in 1940 causing considerable damage. Many structures were destroyed and 4 people were killed.

Northfields also had 3 football teams dating from 1956. These were Northfield Town, Northfield United and the Northfield reserves.

Demographics

Northfields has had a bad reputation for criminal activities. Despite being only 3 small estates it was responsible for 30% of the crime rate within the Leicester area. In response The Northfields Project was set up in order to help to combat crime and make Northfields a safer place to live. The scheme improved areas such as security fencing, lighting and public recreational spaces.

Transport

Charnwood ward is served by Arriva Leicester Services 58/58A, Centrebus

Centrebus

Centrebus is a privately owned company that operate a number of services around Leicester and Leicestershire, Grantham, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, mainly in areas where Arriva has scaled down its bus operations. Centrebus also competes with Arriva on some routes in Leicester, Luton and Stevenage...

 Services 10/11, Leicester City Bus Services 21/21A and Coachmaster

Thurmaston Bus

Thurmaston Bus was an independent operator who operated a mixture of commercial and tendered bus services in Leicester. On Wednesday 10 August 2011 Thurmaston Bus were issued a winding up order...

Services 39 and 52.