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The Harris Museum and Art Gallery
aaaarrgh Says: Everything you could possibly want is located at the splendid Harris Museum in the centre of Preston. It is a delightful airy building with a grand staircase and a unique cafe at its heart. There are large permanent galleries devoted to Preston's art collection, ceramics and...
Lancashire Record Office ~ find your folks
aaaarrgh Says: Admittedly, Preston isn't a tourist magnet but you may want to visit the Lancashire Records Office. This is the county's major archive for old parish (church) records, census information, local directories and much more.Be warned that Preston has many churches of a wide...
One_Lonely_Seagull Says: Avenham Park is situated in the centre of Preston on the banks of the river Ribble. It is one of 2 parks forom the Victorian era and has changed little since then. There are many wonderful trees including horse chestnuts and oaks. The second park is known as Miller Park and...
BerniShand Says: This was my playground, I love this museum, though it feels much smaller now than it did when I was a child, my favourite is still the doll`s house, but it seems tidier than before, oh how I used to wish it was minewhen I last visited time was short and I didnt have time to...
jayhawk2000 Says: This riverside park along the River Ribble is ideal for a walk, stroll or cycle. The Japanese Rock Garden is quite cute. There are interesting monuments and fountains scattered around to catch the eye. The paths link into a network that can lead you some distance up or down...
jayhawk2000 Says: Fine art, decorative art, interesting special exhibitions, plus historical artefacts...all housed in a magnificent building. It's Lancashire's largest gallery.The gallery has a good Egyptian collection. The coffee shop has a dreamy location under the central dome. Plus you...
Travelodge: Not so good really
aqazi Says: Great coverted building but the rooms were in poor condition. Not sure what knd of people come to Preston but we were on our way to Blackpool and with all the promotions tl have we sagged here for 14 quid. Parking was crazy lol the satll were tiny. Preston itself is quite...
The Park Hotel, Ashton-on-Ribble: Small friendly hotel in Preston's 'Villadom'
aaaarrgh Says: If you want to avoid the national hotel chains that smell of carpet cleaner and gravy, then The Park Hotel might be perfect for you! It is not in the city centre, but there are several bus routes nearby and the hotel has plenty of carparking space. The Ashton area is...
Brucciani's: Superb Italian coffeeshop
jayhawk2000 Says: A Preston institution, this delightful Italian coffeehouse feels *so* continental with its mirrors, tiles and old photos. Strong coffee and a bacon sandwich, what more could you want for breakfast? Except maybe a sticky pastry...mmmmmm....
timtregenza Says: The "Preston Bypass" was the first motorway built in the UK. It take the driver past the bottleneck that is Preston (caused by the need to cross the River Ribble).Don't consider driving through Preston unless you have to. Go around it. It is quicker.
timtregenza Says: Preston Bus station is one of the largest in England, with many stops and a large car park built on top of it.Believe it or not it is of architectural significance!Anyhow, it is a convenient central location for getting the bus from and around Preston.
BerniShand Says: Hidden away down a country lane is the beautiful church of Brindle St Josephs, at first you wouldnt think it was a church as when you approach ..... it looks like a barn, this is deliberate, when the church was built in 1786 Catholics were still forbidden to build places of...
Some wonderful side trips from the city
jayhawk2000 Says: Preston is superbly situated for access to some superb English countryside, such as the Forest of Bowland, Yorkshire Dales and Lake District.There are many interesting villages to find on the narrow lanes, such as Chipping, Slaidburn and Ribchester. The larger towns of...
timtregenza Says: Preston North End is a high quality professional football club that play at Deepdale, in the North End of Preston. Yes, that is where the name comes from. They are a very old club, being a founder member of the Football League.The ground is complemented by the large History...
BerniShand Says: Its just an ordinary pub, selling beer, bar meals and snacksbut to me its very special, here is where I first saw a tall slim guy with a moustache, he used to stare solemnly at me a lot, I used to wonder what I had done to make him dislike mehe never spoke to me, or...
BerniShand Says: This was homeits a tiny house, two rooms down and two rooms up, and no bathroom .... oddly I had forgotten it had the half-moon window over the front door, I suppose its very different inside now, nowadays people dont bathe by pouring pans of water into a zinc bath in front...
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Where I Live - They say you only miss things when they are taken away from you. This makes me think about my home town (ooops .. city) and the things I would miss most if ever I was to move far away. So I suppose...
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Someone at work asked if I was doing anything scary for Halloween. I said, 'Going to Preston!' For many people in Britain, Preston is one of those 'nowhere, nothing' places. They don't know where it...
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Confusion reigns on Virtual Tourist because the 11 places called Preston in the UK have not yet been sorted into their correct counties. But believe me, the Preston that is the home of English...
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Well not physically, its only about 160 miles from me, but mentally it could be on the moon I lived in Preston from the age of 6 weeks until 21 years ago and the Preston I knew and loved was the...
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They say you only miss things when they are taken away from you. This makes me think about my home town (ooops .. city) and the things I would miss most if ever I was to move far away. So I suppose......
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