The Christmas Lights Switch On is set to return to the Flag Market on Saturday, November 20. The event will start at 5.30pm and last until 7.45pm. The event, organised […]

Preston’s Christmas lights switch on was a very different affair for 2020. Usually thousands of people are packed onto the Flag Market, scoffing parched peas and trying to keep warm […]

The search is on for the heroes of Preston’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic to light up the city centre this Christmas. The city’s Business Improvement District (BID) has launched […]

This year’s Preston Christmas Lights Switch On is set to take place virtually. Preston BID, the organisers and funders of the Switch On, say the decision to go online has […]

Thousands turned out to see the Christmas lights switched on in the Flag Market as the festive season begins. Here is a selection of pictures from the event. Did you enjoy the Christmas Lights Switch On? Let us know in the comments section.

Preston is set to be ‘lit up’ during the glittering Christmas Lights Switch On, on Saturday 23 November from 5.30pm. The city centre lighting scheme, funded by BID and Preston […]

The date of Preston’s Christmas Lights Switch On has been announced. On Saturday November 23 the city will be lit up with more than 1.5 miles of festive lights at […]

Christmas is officially upon us after a spectacular Christmas lights switch on at the Flag Market. Hundreds of Prestonians braved the cold to see music and entertainment get the festive […]