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Preston Guild Hall

The Guild Hall was the city’s premiere entertainment venue and was built in the early 1970s. It was sold off to the late businessman Simon Rigby and then went bust, falling back into council ownership in 2019. It remains mothballed as a venue.

Zero timescale for Preston Guild Hall to be open because problems are unknown

Preston Guild Hall, standing in Lancaster Road, has not seen a live music event since 2019 Pic: Blog Preston It is impossible to estimate when Preston’s Guild Hall will be fully operational again – because the extent of the structural problems facing the venue is still unknown. That was […]

6 months ago
Preston Guild Hall’s foyer venue The Guild Lounge confirms first shows

Looking up at the foyer of the Guild Hall venue Pic: Blog Preston The re-opening of Preston’s Guild Hall foyer as a venue is to kick in from Thursday 3 October. 15 events including tribute acts, Gareth Gates and burlesque shows are confirmed […]

6 months ago
Preston Guild Hall foyer venue The Guild Lounge opening

The exterior of Preston Guild Hall in Lancaster Road - the foyer area, to be known as The Guild Lounge - is on the first floor Pic: Blog Preston Preston Guild Hall is to see its first live events for more than half-a-decade from early October. Proposals to re-open the foyer area as a make-shift venue branded as The […]

7 months ago
Yousuf Bhailok claims he tried to buy Preston Guild Hall for £1m

Looking up at the foyer of the Guild Hall venue Pic: Blog Preston One of Preston’s richest businesspeople claims he was shunned when it came to the future of the Guild Hall. Yousuf Bhailok, who stood in the recent general election, has revealed […]

7 months ago
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Revealed: The cost of Preston Guild Hall standing empty and the path to re-opening

The Guild Hall has not seen live events since the early part of 2019 Pic: Blog Preston Preston Guild Hall has cost the city council nearly £4million since they took back control in 2019. And those costs spiralled recently with rising energy, construction, legal and maintenance costs […]

7 months ago
Opinion: Focus on ‘run down’ Preston continues to baffle me

Avenham Park “…in a dire state, with numerous boarded up shops and a general sense of neglect”. So concluded a member of the public speaking to candidates to become the next MP […]

8 months ago
Hope for Preston Guild Hall foyer to open this year as five years of closure draws near

Preston Guild Hall in Lancaster Road Pic: Blog Preston The leader of Preston City Council says the authority remains committed to the future of the Guild Hall, as the fifth anniversary of its closure draws near. Labour’s Matthew Brown […]

10 months ago
Reputational damage to Preston City Council over Guild Hall saga ‘pretty serious’

Preston Guild Hall in Lancaster Road Pic: Blog Preston The reputational damage to Preston City Council as a result of the long-running Guild Hall saga is ‘pretty serious’. That was the verdict of Matthew Brown, Labour leader of Preston […]

11 months ago
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