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Erewash has a lot to offer with its towns and villages, leisure and business, but unless you look beyond that, there is a lot of history beneath our feet. These include Anglo-Saxon villas, Roman Forts, roads, settlements, and ancient monuments.
Ilkeston: Dalby House — High Street (Erewash Museum)
The Erewash Museum is a museum in the town of Ilkeston, Erewash, in Derbyshire, England. The building that houses the museum is named the Dalby House after one of the families who inhabited it, and has served as a school and a private dwelling.
Ilkeston: Former Ritz Cinema — South Street, Grade 2
Ilkeston's former Ritz Cinema on South Street is a Grade II listed building, constructed in the late 1930s by Reginald Cooper of Nottingham. It was established in 1938, showcasing a typical architectural style of that era.
Bennerley Viaduct
Constructed in 1877, the viaduct was erected by the Great Northern Railway to support its Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension across the River Erewash valley.
Erewash Canal
The Erewash Canal offers a rich array of sights, including diverse wildlife, trees, locks, and landmarks. It stretches along the east side of the borough, near the county boundary, from Langley Mill to the Trent at Long Eaton, and was opened in 1779.
Pioneer Meadows Nature Reserve
Pioneer Meadows Nature Reserve, located in Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, offers an idyllic expanse of grassland, woodlands, and a pond. It was acquired by the Erewash Borough Council from British Steel in the early 1950s.
Trowell Marsh, Hallam Fields, Ilkeston.
Trowell Marsh is a designated Local Nature Reserve located in Trowell, within the Broxtowe District of England. It lies in proximity to New Stanton and the village of Hallam Fields.
Ilkeston: Church Institute — Market Place
The Church institute was designed by Henry James Kilford who was the Surveyor to the Local Board and later to the Borough Council
Ilkeston: Scala Cinema — Pimlico, Grade 2
Ilkeston’s first purpose-built cinema by James Parsons and Sons of Bulwell (1913), believed to be the second oldest remaining purpose-built cinema in the country. The style incorporates features of Edwardian, classical and art nouveau designs.
Stanton Road Cemetery
In the early 1990s, members of the Ilkeston and District Local History Society became aware of the deteriorating state of the Cemetery on Stanton Road, Ilkeston.
Nutbrook Trail
Sections of the former Nutbrook Canal (opened 1796) are still in existence and stone and brick remains of former locks can be seen. The canal was built to carry coal from the Shipley collieries to the Erewash Canal at Stanton.
Manor Floods
Manor Floods is a great place to walk to from Straws Bridge, and access from Nutbrook Trail lots of wildlife to observe, lake and nature
Straws Bridge
Straws bridge is on the border of Ilkeston and West Hallam in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is a beautiful nature reserve comprising 3 lakes and has picnic tables and a free car park.
Victoria Park
It is one of the most prestigious parks in the area and is much loved with restored features. The park is a great place to enjoy a family picnic. There is a play area and the park hosts annual events, and activities plus other leisure facilities, gardens, wildlife, and refreshments.
Pewit Carr Local Nature Reserve
On the outskirts of Ilkeston lies a Local Nature Reserve. This reserve includes a stretch of the Nutbrook Canal, a pond, carr woodland, and an exceptional meadow teeming with diverse species.
Kirk Hallam Lake & Meadows
Kirk Hallam Lake & Meadow is a delightful oasis, beautifully maintained with a vast lake, meadows, and an abundance of nature and wildlife. The area encompasses a large lake, a stretch of the River Nutbrook, and a mosaic of unimproved, species-rich meadows.
St Mary's Church, Ilkeston
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin has stood on its present site since the mid 12th century and until 1848 served the whole town of Ilkeston. Since 1848 three new parishes were formed to serve the spiritual needs of the rapidly expanding town.
Park Cemetery, Park Drive
Park Cemetery is the town’s municipal cemetery, and is owned and run by Erewash Borough Council.
Ilkeston Town Railway Station
Ilkeston Town Station, not long after re-opening in 1879. Situated at the bottom of Bath Street, Ilkeston Town Station stood roughly where the large traffic island now stands.
Ilkeston: The Town Hall — Market Place, Grade 2
A red brick Italianate style building of 1867-8 by R C Sutton of Nottingham
Ilkeston: Carnegie Free Library — Market Place,
The library was built in 1904 to an Edwardian ‘Free Style’ (Baroque) design by Hunter and Woodhouse of Belper.
Drinking Fountain
Impressive wrought iron lattice work viaduct circa 1879. Almost 500 yards (460 metres) long,
The War Memorial, Ilkeston Market Place
Ilkeston's civic War Memorial takes the form of a 'cenotaph' or empty tomb. Names were requested by public appeal, so not every casualty appears here.
Ilkeston: The Old Police Station — Wharncliffe Road
Built in 1906 and designed by Ilkeston Borough Engineer H J Kilford. The front has Jacobean design influences and is of pressed red brick with Rowsley Stone dressings. The central entrance block is entirely of stone with an Oriel window above which there is a stone carving of the former Borough coat-of-arms. The police station also incorporated cells, an exercise yard and houses for the Superintendent and Inspector.
Dale and its Abbey
Introduction The remains of the Abbey can be found in the village of Dale Abbey and can be reached by a short walk from the village centre.
