Old Tram Bridge has secured a spot in Preston and South Ribble’s £50m ‘Levelling Up’ bid that may see the building of a replacement foot and cycle bridge if successful. […]

The Swing Bridge at Preston Docks will close next week for three days for maintenance works. The bridge will close from 9am on Wednesday 23 March to 3pm on Friday […]

The Preston Western Distributor works saw the M55 closed whilst the demolition of the Becconsall footbridge over the motorway was completed recently. The bridge was demolished successfully. Read more: Preston […]

We reported back in May that work was continuing to shore up the Old Tram Bridge. The footbridge, which crosses the River Ribble into Avenham Park, had scaffolding up for […]

There are a few bridges over the River Ribble in Preston but the bridge at Brockholes, close to the Tickled Trout Hotel must be the busiest. At one time many […]

Last weekend was a ‘friendly engines’ weekend down at the Ribble Steam Railway museum in Preston. Now I’ve got to admit, I’ve never actually got around to visiting the museum […]

I have a funny feeling this train was actually leaving Preston Station but that didn’t really work as a title! Having spent about half an hour on the old East […]

This week’s picture is of the Old Penwortham Bridge which was originally built in 1759. Even today, the bridge retains the character of a bygone era with its distinctive cobblestones. […]