Ilkeston

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Ilkeston
Ilkeston Market Place (August 2003)
Ilkeston Location within Derbyshire
Population	38,640 (2011)[1]
Demonym	Ilkestonian[2][3]
OS grid reference	SK 46399 41774
District	Erewash
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town	List Cotmanhay Town Centre Kirk Hallam Larklands Hallam Fields Shipley View
Post town	ILKESTON
Postcode district	DE7
Dialling code	0115
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Erewash
List of places UK England Derbyshire 52°58′16″N 01°18′33″W / 52.97111°N 1.30917°W / 52.97111; -1.30917

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Ilkeston is a town in the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England, on the River Erewash, from which the borough takes its name, with a population at the 2011 census of 38,640.^[4] Its major industries, coal mining, iron working and lace making/textiles, have now all but disappeared.

The town is close to both Derby and Nottingham and is near the M1 motorway and the border with Nottinghamshire. The eastern boundary of Ilkeston is only two miles from Nottingham's western edge and it is part of the Nottingham Urban Area.