Erewash (/ˈɛrəwɒʃ/ (listen)) is a local government district with borough status in Derbyshire, England, to the east of Derby and the west of Nottingham. The population of the district as taken at the 2011 Census was 112,081.[2] It contains the towns of Ilkeston, Long Eaton and Sandiacre and fourteen civil parishes.

Borough of Erewash
local government district, borough
Ilkeston, the administrative centre of Erewash and the largest settlement in the borough
Shown within Derbyshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Derbyshire
Admin. HQ	Ilkeston
Government
• Type	Erewash Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Conservative
• MPs:	Pauline Latham, Maggie Throup
Area
• Total	42.3 sq mi (109.6 km2)
• Rank	207th
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	115,371
• Rank	Ranked 206th
• Density	2,700/sq mi (1,100/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode	DE, NG
ONS code	17UG (ONS) E07000036 (GSS)
Ethnicity	96.7% British 1.3% S.Asian[1]
Website	www.erewash.gov.uk

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Ilkeston, the Long Eaton urban district and part of South East Derbyshire Rural District.

The borough council's operations are split between Ilkeston Town Hall and Long Eaton Town Hall.

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 regiment the Sherwood Foresters

Council

Erewash Borough Council has been controlled by the Conservatives since 2003, with Carol Hart being leader of the council since 2017.[3] At the 2019 election the Conservatives won 27 seats, Labour 19 seats and the Liberal Democrats 1 seat.[4] The next election is due in 2023.

Education

The borough is home to the public school, Trent College, The Long Eaton School in Long Eaton, Erewash and its junior/preparatory school, The Elms School, along with 14 state-funded secondary schools and 41 primary schools.[5]

Broomfield Hall of Derby College is located in Morley.[6]

Derby Japanese School (ダービー日本人補習校 Dābī Nihonjin Hoshūkō), a Japanese weekend school, holds its classes in Broomfield Hall.[6]

Arms

References

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Erewash.

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