Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Ilkeston is a town in Derbyshire, England, on the River Erewash. Its major industries were formerly coal mining, iron working and textiles, but all these have greatly declined. It is the site of Ilkeston Charter Fair which celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2002. This article is a stub. Help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.