Winckley Square Festival is taking place this weekend. Organised by Friends of Winckley Square, the free event is set to bring an afternoon of entertainment to the beautiful city centre […]

A Preston haulage firm that ran 85 lorries has entered administration. H. Parkinson Haulage (HPH) appointed FRP Advisory, of Winckley Square, as administrators on 5 August, Companies House confirmed. Established […]

A half-demolished former orphanage site in Preston city centre is leading to ‘daily clearing of debris’ due to vandalism. What was the St Joseph’s Orphanage and Mount Street Hospital in […]

A popular city artist has created an image of a building in Winckley Square to celebrate its ‘remarkable’ story. David Robinson creates illustrations of landmarks across Lancashire and famous people. […]

A meet the artist event is taking place at a creative space in Preston city centre. Simon Blackley, Gavin Renshaw, Iain H. Williams and resident artist Norman Long, plus sculptor […]

The latest blue plaque to mark an important point in Preston’s history has been unveiled. The blue plaque – located in Garden Street near Fishergate car park – commemorates the […]

The Friends of Winckley Square will continue their popular walks and talks throughout summertime. The events explore the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people from Preston’s past, as well as […]

Winckley Square businesses have hit out at the state of one of the square’s former office blocks and say a suffragette would be ‘turning in her grave’ over what’s become […]