News and information about the Riversway area of Preston, Lancashire. You won’t hear many people talk of Riversway apart from the annual festival, but its more commonly associated with Preston Dock and Marina.
Wind farm test mast finally makes it up near the Docks
A council scheme to potentially make millions out of wind energy got off the ground late last week. Preston City Council’s civic energy scheme has put up a test mast […]
Council engineers were left huffing and puffing today as they were forced to abandon putting a test wind energy mast, because of high winds. Preston City Council were due to […]
Local residents have been left frustrated as a Preston junction gets dug up once again. Water company United Utilities has pleaded for one final bit of patience from Ashton and […]
Four steam engines will be chugging along the Ribble Steam Railway at its annual steam gala. The event takes place on the Docklands railway on Saturday 15 February and Sunday […]
Police want to speak to a Preston man after a knifepoint robbery in November. Adam Wilson, previously of Watkin Lane, is wanted following an incident outside DFS on the Docks. […]
Help for start up businesses is being offered in Preston with cheap office space. The Preston Technology Centre on Marsh Lane is offering 12 months of guidance and mentoring for […]
A man’s body was pulled from Preston Docks on Friday morning. Fire crews, police officers and an ambulance crew attended the city’s docklands at 8.30am to recover the man’s body […]
A council plan to put up an 80m wind turbine in Preston’s Docklands is going back before councillors. Plans were approved in June last year for the mast to be […]