The East Midlands · local guide
Ilkeston is a hilltop town in the Erewash valley, on the Derbyshire side of the border with Nottinghamshire. Its station reopened in 2017, and it sits within reach of two M1 junctions.
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The A609 runs through the town between Nottingham and Belper, and the A6007 links it north to Heanor and south to Long Eaton. Junctions 25 and 26 of the M1 are a few miles to the south-east and east. Ilkeston station, on the line through the Erewash valley, reopened in 2017.
The town has many terraced streets close to the centre and newer estates on the edges. The Erewash Canal runs along the valley below.
Ilkeston’s centre sits on a hill, and some streets are steep. If your car is parked on a slope, tell the driver which way it faces and whether the handbrake holds.
Ilkeston at a glance
Questions
Answers specific to scrapping a car here.
Erewash Borough Council, with Derbyshire County Council responsible for roads.
No. It is in Derbyshire, close to the Nottinghamshire border.
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