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.
Paper dresses to pottery: UCLan students show off creative work at free exhibitionArtwork by more than 50 students at the University of Central Lancashire has gone on display to the public. Fashion, design, illustration and animation students are running their annual exhibition. […]
8 years ago Fishergate Shopping Centre cinema plans submitted to Preston City CouncilMajor plans for the Fishergate Shopping Centre including a new cinema for the city centre have been formally lodged. A former TJ Hughes shop is proposed to be replaced with […]
8 years ago 15 things you only know if you went to UCLan in the mid-2000sTen years. Yes folks, it’s ten years or more since many of us turned up unkempt, spotty and wide-eyed on the streets of Preston. Now we’re all sensible folk and […]
8 years ago Preston Christmas Lights switch on 2015: Alesha Dixon to headline as switch on moves to FishergateAlesha Dixon has been confirmed as switching on Preston’s Christmas Lights. Fishergate will be packed with thousands to watch the festive season be officially started as Dixon flicks the switch. […]
8 years ago Advertisement Advertisement New Ham and Jam cafe in Preston almost ready to launchThe much awaited Ham and Jam coffee shop in Lancaster Road is almost ready to launch with a format that should suit most people. Owner Richard Lowthian said: “We are now finalising […]
8 years ago Silly Billy’s weekly diaryToday we start the ‘Silly Billy’s weekly diary’ for the children and those who are children at heart. Silly Billy is one of the main characters in this year’s pantomime, Sleeping Beauty, […]
8 years ago Preston from above: Plungington gets the drone treatmentSwooping above the tightly packed streets of Plungington this shows Preston’s terraced streets in a different light. Nicola Martin sent her drone upwards once more to get a new angle […]
8 years ago Pensioner suffers broken pelvis after Preston city centre collisionAn elderly man was taken to hospital after a crash in the centre of Preston. The 91-year-old man was injured after the collision with a Fiat car in Ward’s End, […]
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