Borough of Erewash

Borough of Erewash
Ilkeston, one of the borough's towns
Ilkeston, one of the borough's towns
Shown within Derbyshire
Shown within Derbyshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast Midlands
Administrative countyDerbyshire
Founded1 April 1974
Admin. HQIlkeston and Long Eaton
Government
 • TypeErewash Borough Council
 • MPs:Jonathan Davies,
Adam Thompson
Area
 • Total
40 sq mi (110 km2)
 • Rank189th
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
113,080
 • RankRanked 213th
 • Density2,700/sq mi (1,000/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
 • Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
 • Religion
List
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode
ONS code17UG (ONS)
E07000036 (GSS)

Erewash (/ˈɛrəwɒʃ/ ) is a local government district with borough status in Derbyshire, England. The borough is named after the River Erewash. The council has offices in both the borough's towns of Ilkeston and Long Eaton. The borough also includes several villages and surrounding rural areas. Some of the built-up areas in the east of the borough form part of the Nottingham Urban Area.

Erewash Borough has military affiliations with 814 Naval Air Squadron Fleet Air Arm based at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose and the Mercian Regiment of the British Army, as the successors to the local infantry regiment the Sherwood Foresters.

The neighbouring districts are South Derbyshire, Derby, Amber Valley, Broxtowe, Rushcliffe and North West Leicestershire.

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Erewash Local Authority (E07000036)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.