Ilkeston is set to come alive with Halloween magic as the town’s much-loved Trick-or-Treat Trail returns today, Friday 31 October – and this year, it’s claimed to be the largest trick-or-treat event in the entire country!
From 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, families are invited to don their costumes, grab a goody bag, and explore Ilkeston town centre, where more than 75 local shops and businesses will be handing out sweets, smiles, and spooky surprises. Expect ghoulish decorations, creative costumes, and plenty of community spirit.
Organised by Joe Cahill of Ilkeston’s Incredible Shops, the event has become one of the town’s favourite family traditions since launching in 2019 – bringing people together and showcasing Ilkeston’s brilliant independents.
This year, locals are encouraged to Shop Local and help keep the fun flowing by donating individually wrapped sweets to participating shops. Every little bit helps keep the magic alive for Ilkeston’s young trick-or-treaters.
👻 Extra Spooky Stops
📸 Bespoke Funeral Care – Grab a selfie with the Halloween Stilt Walkers and maybe even the Ghostbusters car!
📚 Ilkeston Library – Hosting a ‘Craft and Treat’ session from 2:30 – 4:30 pm, before joining in with the largest trick or treat event
🏛 Erewash Museum – Open from 11 am – 4 pm with its own family-friendly trick-or-treat experience: knock on five mysterious doors and see who – or what – might answer!
Together, the trail and museum adventures make for a full day of Halloween fun, celebrating community spirit, creativity, and Ilkeston’s independent heart.
🎃 Event Details
🗓 Friday 31 October
🕒 Erewash Museum: 11 am – 4 pm
🕝 Ilkeston Library Craft & Treat: 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
🕞 Town Centre Trail: 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
📍 Ilkeston Town Centre
💬 Businesses can still join via Ilkeston’s Incredible Shops on Facebook.
So dig out your costumes, paint your faces, and get ready for an Ilkeston Halloween that’s all treats and no tricks!
👻 Participating Shops & Venues
🧙♀️ BATH STREET
- Bespoke Funeral Care
- The Stanton Cask
- Premier Community Mobility
- Little Warrens Den
- Petals Florist
- Framed and Locked Up
- Rays Second Hand Shop
- Paragon Marshall Arts Academy
- Leigh-Marie Hair Salon
- Little Footsteps Boutique (Children’s Wear)
- Hereditary Breast Cancer Charity Shop
- Studio Mega Sun
- B Beauty
- Specsavers
- Bargain Den
- Emz4Massage
- Boutique by Laura M
- Slightly Potty
- Ryders Bar
- Mabels 1902
- Heron
- D I Blow Optician
- 63 Barbers
- Spring Cottage (New)
- Sports Direct (Albion Centre)
- Nottingham Building Society
- Max Speilmann
- Burchell Edwards
- Lucky’s Mobiles
- Renshaw Wealth – Mortgage & Financial
- Renshaw Estates
- Annie’s Coffee Shop
- LCM Leisure
- Purplehaze’s Parlour
- The Harrow Pub
- Totally Polished Beauty Training Academy / Salon
- Tangled Hair and Beauty / Hair HQ Bath Street
- Trent Barton
- Derbyshire Fire and Rescue
- The Market Inn
- Uptan Tanning (in front of Arcade Cascade)
- The Kings Head Pub
- Scala Cinema
- The Town Hall
🎃 GRANBY STREET
- Hamiltons School and Workwear
- Heathers Hair Station
- The Vape Shop / Hemp HQ (46 Granby Street)
🕸 SOUTH STREET & MARKET STREET
- The Hub
- Hair and Beauty Collective
- Graham’s Shoe Repairs & Locksmiths
- Legs Wine Bar
- KH Hair and Beauty
- Treetops Hospice
- Delilah’s Bar and Bistro
- Tudor Jewellers
- Cocoa’s Chocolates and Gifts
- The Latch Lifter
- IPS Ilkeston Property Services
- Moores Flowers International
- Spanish Bar
- The Gladstonian Micro Bar
- Earls Hair & Beauty
- Ilkeston Sewing and Janome (Market Street)
🧛♂️ ON THE WAY TO TOWN
- Manor Health & Racquets
- Morrisons (Nottingham Road)
- Rutland Sports Park
- Morrisons Daily (Little Hallam Lane)
- The General Havelock Pub (Stanton Road)
- House of Antiques at Armstrong’s Mill Ilkeston
🦇 STATION ROAD
- Tan-U-Mission
- Reinkarnation
- Home From Home Café / Deli