Swithland is a linear village in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish was put at 230 in 2004 and counted at 217 in the 2011 census. It is in the old Charnwood Forest, between Cropston, Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves. It has a village hall, a parish church and a public house, the Griffin Inn. The village is known for the slate that was quarried in the area.