Yorkshire Bank eyes up opening in Fishergate

Preston City Centre

The city centre includes the administrative and main shopping areas of the city. The city’s law courts are found here, police station, town hall and of course Preston Bus Station. The electoral ward is known as Town Centre despite the change to city status.

A boarded up eyesore on Preston’s main shopping street could soon be home to a new bank. Yorkshire Bank is understood to be bringing the former bookshop on the corner […]

8 years ago Chippy review: West End Fish Bar in Blackpool Road

Having set the Preston internets into meltdown asking for where the best fish and chips could be found in the city, we decided to take their advice and try out […]

8 years ago The story of a remarkable milliner who ran a business in Church Street for almost 50 years

Having served her time as a hat maker in a Fishergate shop, Edna Alice Deakin opened her own millinery business in 1938 at 47a Church Street in Preston, between Derby […]

8 years ago Half of Preston Bus Station to remain closed until the New Year

Half of Preston Bus Station is to remain closed until early in 2016 due to storm damage. A safety check was carried out by Lancashire County Council after eight large […]

8 years ago Advertisement Advertisement Free WiFi on Flag Market during Preston Christmas Market

While visiting Preston Christmas Market you can log onto free WiFi. Preston City Council has unveiled access to the Internet while on the Flag Market. When visiting the area you’ll […]

8 years ago Preston Bus Station: Local architects brought in to work alongside John Puttick on his winning design

The man who came up with the winning design for Preston’s new Youth Zone and revamped Bus Station has chaired a first meeting of those involved in the scheme. The […]

8 years ago Preston Fish Market restoration works to begin in January with some disruption to traders

Full restoration of Preston’s historic Fish Market is to begin from January. The grade II listed canopy is the first step in the multi-million pound Preston Markets project. More than […]

8 years ago The UCLan Jeremiah Horrocks Winter Lecture to be given in December

This year’s Jeremiah Horrocks Winter Lecture is about three North Country astronomers: Jeremiah Horrocks, William Crabtree & William Gascoigne, Britain’s first great research astronomers. Three private individuals, fully informed of the European […]

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