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.
Remembrance Sunday 2015: Preston falls silent to remember the fallenPreston fell silent at 11am on Sunday to remember those in the armed forces who have died to protect our city. Remembrance Sunday saw the annual parade from the Covered […]
8 years ago 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 5Newsflash: 8 November 1715 – Jacobites in Garstang and Major-General Wills on the move from Chester. Jacobites march towards Preston. Major-General Wills, formerly in garrison at Chester, arrives at Manchester, aiming […]
8 years ago Preston Remembers street theatre across the city centreOn Saturday, Preston Remembers and the Chester-based ‘Theatre in the Quarter’ group put on a moving performance to honour the memories of three local people touched by the First World […]
8 years ago In pictures: Preston Hindu community parade through city to celebrate temple reopeningA weekend-long celebration by Preston’s Hindu community began with a parade through the city centre. Preston Mandir Mahotsav temple is being brought back into use after a major fundraising campaign. […]
8 years ago Advertisement Advertisement 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 4NEWSFLASH: November 7th – 1.00pm, Jacobite rebels enter Lancaster. James III proclaimed. Sir Henry Hoghton, with a force of about 600 local volunteers, marches to meet them but his militia retreats. […]
8 years ago Special photo call edition: Silly Billy’s weekly diary – Week 4Hi Kids Silly Billy here again with my weekly Blog all about the brill Panto Sleeping Beauty coming to Preston Guild Hall this December. Those clever photographers from Blog Preston were […]
8 years ago Preston Passion to return to the city in 2016The Passion is set to return to Preston once more in Easter 2016. In 2012 the city was host to the BBC’s live broadcast of the Passion Play. Now volunters […]
8 years ago Boarded up shops in Church Street to be demolished by Preston City CouncilA boarded up building in Church Street is due to be demolished under new council plans. Preston City Council, who own the land, say the final shop has left the […]
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