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Wyre Locations

Covering the towns and villages of Wyre, we mainly cover the villages and towns on the A6 corridor as well as Inskip, Great Eccleston and Barton.

Primrose Festival springs into life in Preston

The Primrose Festival celebrates the popular spring bloomers Pic: Barton Grange Garden Centre A Preston garden centre is celebrating one of spring’s earliest flowers with a dedicated Primrose Festival. The event is taking place at Barton Grange Garden Centre until Sunday 2 March […]

3 days ago
Screen spotlight: What’s on in Preston cinemas 14 to 20 February

Montage of film posters for CatVideoFest 2024, Beauty & The Beast, The Sloth Lane and Heart Eyes Next week, Nick Park will open The Arc Cinema in Preston city centre, offering another eight screens with a wide variety of showings for customers to enjoy. Until then, Vue, […]

4 days ago
Guy’s Thatched Hamlet up for sale after 44 years in the same family

Guy's Thatched Hamlet from above A popular and distinctive canalside business in rural Preston is for sale after over 44 years under the same family ownership. Guy’s Thatched Hamlet, including Owd Nell’s Tavern, Guy’s Eating […]

5 days ago
Barton Grange Garden Centre crowned best in the UK

The team from Barton Grange Garden Centre at the GCA Conference. Barton Grange Garden Centre in Preston has won the best garden centre in the UK title. They were named the Destination Garden Centre of the Year at the Garden Centre […]

2 weeks ago
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Screen spotlight: What’s on in Preston cinemas 7 to 13 February

Montage of film posters for Becoming Led Zeppelin, Love Hurts, The Wild Robot and Presence With film awards season in full swing, The Flower Bowl is hosting a variety of screenings of top nominated titles. There are also several live theatre screenings taking place there […]

2 weeks ago
Man in his 80s hit by car in Catterall on same stretch of A6 where cyclist died

Police closed off the A6 at Catterall on Thursday evening Pic: Cristine Oliveira  A man in his 80s is in hospital with leg injuries after a crash in Catterall. Lancashire Police closed the A6, Garstang Road, on the stretch between Cock Robin Lane […]

2 weeks ago
Banking hub set to open in Garstang in wake of NatWest closure plans

The NatWest in Garstang is to close on June 26 2025 Pic: Google A new banking hub is set to open in Garstang, it has been announced. Following the announcement of the closure of Garstang’s NatWest branch, cash machine and bank hub specialists […]

2 weeks ago
National Highways continues to rule out new M6 junction north of Preston between 32 and 33

The scene of the M6 crash close to Junction 33 Pic: David Lambert Anyone who lives or works in Preston knows if the M6 goes down due to a bad accident, then the city and surrounding towns and villages become gridlocked. One of […]

2 weeks ago
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