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.
Plau gin bar in Friargate is going to be larger than first plannedA gin bar which is being created in Friargate won’t open until 2017 – because it’s due to become larger. Plau craft gin and beer bar is being restored on […]
7 years ago Indian street food cafe wants to open in PrestonAn Indian street food restaurant is eyeing up opening in Preston. Chaiiwala has expanded rapidly in the Midlands and is now branching out to the north. On the menu alongside […]
7 years ago Scaffolding comes off new Plau gin barA long-awaited gin bar has unveiled its restored frontage in Friargate. Plau bar – close to Roper Hall – has been the subject of a major restoration project. Now owned […]
7 years ago Inside luxury student flats at Friargate CourtThis is the luxury accommodation students at Preston could be living in as a new giant block of flats opens. Friargate Court has 244-hotel style studio rooms and is pitching […]
8 years ago Advertisement Advertisement Lamb and Packet pub is on the marketA landmark Preston pub is set to be sold by its Lancashire brewery owners. Thwaites has placed the Lamb and Packet pub on the market. The Blackburn-based operation currently runs […]
8 years ago Friargate Court student flats complete and first residents imminentA new part of Friargate’s skyline is now finished. Portgate’s new block of student accommodation has been completed and will soon see its first tenants moving in. With 244-bedrooms the […]
8 years ago CCTV pictures released after Friargate robberyA robbery which left a young man ‘extremely shaken’ has seen police launch a CCTV appeal to trace two men. Pictures have been released of two men police would like […]
8 years ago Indian street food and birds of prey at summer Lancashire MarketPreston’s popular Lancashire Market returns for its summer date with the city. A selection of stalls, smaller than at previous events, lined both sides of Friargate. Organised by Preston Business […]
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