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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.

Preston Peace Garden work to be completed by summer

Construction work on the Peace Garden as part of the Friargate North scheme Pic: Blog Preston Preston’s new look Peace Garden is due to re-open this summer. The Peace Garden, which sits next to Ringway on Friargate, has been put in after the major revamp of […]

4 days ago
Preston florist legend Margaret Mason opens new store in Warton

Margaret Mason Pic: Michael Porter Margaret Mason’s Florists has opened a new store in Warton. The new showroom, located at The Barn, Warton, features the usual floral services as well as her company Hire Props […]

2 weeks ago
UCLan historian to host LOST Lecture on Preston’s 19th century newspaper industry

Andrew Hobbs A University of Central Lancashire senior lecturer will be lecturing in a bar as part of a series of free talks in Preston. Journalism historian Dr Andrew Hobbs will be […]

2 weeks ago
Plans for new takeaway on Friargate lead to concerns over odours

Proposed Friargate takeaway A new takeaway could be coming to a busy Preston street which connects the city centre with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Plans for the hot food outlet – […]

3 weeks ago
Advertisement Advertisement Lancashire County Council answer queries about side streets off Corporation Street and Friargate

New bus gate on Corporation Street. Pic: Blog Preston Questions about the side streets off of Corporation Street and Friargate ahead of the new changes have been answered by Lancashire County Council. The map for the new Preston road […]

3 weeks ago
Friargate pedestrianisation works in ‘final stages’ say Lancashire County Council

The Friargate North transformation is in it’s “final stages” according to Lancashire County Council. Changes include new paving, trees, cycle racks and benches. An exact finish date has not yet […]

3 weeks ago
Review: Welcome a beautiful, bouncing kebabby at this Preston restaurant and takeaway

Greekouzina kebab This week my daughter GZ decided that she wanted something, “not heavy, not greasy, kind of more of a brunch thing, something that will fill me up but not too […]

3 weeks ago
Corporation Street bus gate signage starts to appear for Preston’s latest bus-only street

New bus gate on Corporation Street. Pic: Blog Preston Signage and road markings have begun to appear ahead of Preston city centre’s latest bus-only lane being put in place. A section of Corporation Street, from Marsh Lane to Heatley […]

4 weeks ago
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