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.
See inside Roper Hall following £400,000 refitRoper Hall has now reopened after an extensive £400,000 refit. The pub, a mainstay of Preston’s student night life, has been closed for much of January to allow for significant […]
8 years ago Friargate Court coffee shop gets a swirl of approvalA new coffee shop as part of an £18 million student block of flats has been approved. The Friargate Court scheme had applied to convert an old electricity sub-station into a […]
8 years ago Roper Hall undergoing £400,000 faceliftA 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 operationTwo 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 Advertisement Advertisement Preston cafe to open on Christmas Day for those with nowhere to goA 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 stationWhat 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 X-Kitchen Chinese restaurant applies for alcohol licenceA 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 campusThe 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 […]
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