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News and information about the Friargate area of Preston, Lancashire. Friargate is a key corridor between the city centre and the university campus, home to many shops and a growing amount of student flats.

Roper Hall undergoing £400,000 facelift

Roper Hall is undergoing a major refurb A mainstay of Preston’s clubbing scene is undergoing a major refit. Roper Hall, part of the Scream pub chain, is having £400,000 spent on a fair bit more than a […]

8 years ago
Two Preston taxi drivers caught picking up fares illegally during undercover operation

Taxi sign at Preston Bus Station Pic: Tony Worrall Two private hire taxi drivers in Preston have been fined for picking up customers without being prebooked. Naveed Akhtar of Carr Road, Nelson and Muhammad Waseem of Cemetery Road, Preston, […]

8 years ago
Preston cafe to open on Christmas Day for those with nowhere to go

Beautiful Planet will throw open its doors A Preston city centre cafe is to open its doors to those with nowhere to go this Christmas. From 2pm on Christmas Day volunteers are to man the Beautiful Planet […]

8 years ago
Friargate Court: Coffee shop plan for former electricity sub station

View down Great Shaw Street showing artists impression of Friargate Court What is currently an abandoned electricity sub-station could become a new coffee shop. Portergate Properties has applied for permission to convert the Great Shaw Street structure. Its part of the Friargate […]

8 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement X-Kitchen Chinese restaurant applies for alcohol licence

Garlic pork ribs at X Kitchen A Chinese restaurant in Preston is applying to serve alcohol at a new premises. X-Kitchen, based in Friargate, wants to be able to provide booze from 5pm to 11pm every […]

8 years ago
Watch timelapse footage of Fylde Building being taken down at UCLan campus

The demolition of Fylde Building saw part of Preston’s skyline since the late 1960s disappear. Many a memory was shared by those who attended Preston Polytechnic, which became the University […]

8 years ago
CCTV images released after man slashed in the face in Friargate attack

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was slashed in the face in Preston city centre. CCTV pictures have been released after an incident where a 27-year-old man was […]

8 years ago
Friargate flat fire threatens Margaret Mason florist

A firefighter leaves the florists in Friargate Pic: Tony Worrall A much-loved Preston florist has been saved from being engulfed in a fire at a flat above the shop. Margaret Mason and her team were evacuated from the premises in […]

9 years ago
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