The Central Highlands Football Netball League is an Australian Rules Football & Netball League in the Ballarat region.

The league coordinates Senior, Reserve, Under 18, Under 15 and Under 12 grades.

The CHFNL was formed in 1979 as a merger of the Clunes FL and the Bacchus Marsh Ballarat DFL.

In 2011 the league admitted four new clubs from the defunct Lexton Plains Football League, bringing the total number of clubs to 18.

In 2014 Illabarook changed its name to Smythesdale to reflect the town it plays its home games.