Museum · Ilkeston · Derbyshire

Erewash Museum

Erewash Museum is a museum in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. The site is in the hands of Erewash Borough Council. A short trip away is Derby Museum and Art Gallery, 13 km off, the first of 71 within 15 km.

Photo: Erewash Museum, Aethonatic (CC0)

Where

In Ilkeston

inside the built-up area

Run by

Erewash Borough Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Ilkeston

Inside Ilkeston

Erewash Museum is inside Ilkeston’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

Afternoons in Ilkeston peak at 19–22°C, June to September.

Jan7° / 2°60 mm

Feb8° / 2°47 mm

Mar11° / 3°45 mm

Apr14° / 5°47 mm

May17° / 8°46 mm

Jun20° / 10°65 mm

Jul22° / 12°66 mm

Aug21° / 12°62 mm

Sep19° / 10°57 mm

Oct14° / 7°70 mm

Nov10° / 4°65 mm

Dec8° / 2°67 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Ilkeston, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Ilkeston. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Ilkeston’s full climate →

About

Erewash Museum

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.

Type: Museum
Run by: Erewash Borough Council
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Ilkeston
Official site: erewashmuseum.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

The essentials

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Finding Erewash Museum

Use the numbers to match each place near Erewash Museum with the list.

Towns near it

Staying near Erewash Museum

In size, Ilkeston comes first of the 8, with 38,723 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Ilkeston

38,723 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km west of it

West Hallam

5,912 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km northeast of it

Awsworth

2,444 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 1.8 km southeast of it

Trowell

2,165 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Erewash Museum is	People	Places to visit
Ilkeston	It’s in town	38,723	10
West Hallam	1.4 km west of it	5,912	4
Awsworth	1.7 km northeast of it	2,444	8
Trowell	1.8 km southeast of it	2,165	10
Heanor	3.3 km northwest of it	24,264	13
Eastwood	3.4 km north of it	18,890	8
Kimberley	3.7 km northeast of it	4,467	6
Swingate	3.8 km northeast of it	911	6

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Our list has 71 more within 15 km, among them 4 museums, 3 castles and a cathedral.

MuseumDerby Museum and Art Gallery13 km away 2

CastleCodnor Castle8.8 km away 3

CastleNottingham Castle11 km away 4

MuseumMuseum of Making12 km away 5

MuseumPickford's House Museum13 km away 6

CathedralDerby Cathedral13 km away 7

MuseumWollaton Hall7 km away 8

Castle · National TrustDuffield Castle12 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions people have about Erewash Museum

Where is Erewash Museum?

Erewash Museum is in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Erewash Museum?

Museum in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, United Kingdom.

Who runs Erewash Museum?

Erewash Borough Council.

When is the best time to visit Erewash Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Ilkeston, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Erewash Museum?

Within 15 km: Derby Museum and Art Gallery (13 km), Codnor Castle (8.8 km), Nottingham Castle (11 km) and Museum of Making (12 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Erewash Museum: Aethonatic, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Derby Museum and Art Gallery: Janet Roberts from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Codnor Castle: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nottingham Castle: Cosmicutencil, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Making: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pickford's House Museum: sps1955 from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Derby Cathedral: Nick Moyes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wollaton Hall: Harry Mitchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Duffield Castle: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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