Preston
Worth seeing in and around Preston
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Deepdale
Deepdale is a football stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England that is the home ground of Preston North End. Built in 1875 and in use since 1878, Deepdale is recognised as being one of the oldest continuously used football stadiums in the world, although the club's claim that it is the oldest is contested.
1.5 km · historic football stadium in England · Wikipedia - 02University of Lancashire
The University of Lancashire is a public university based in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. It has its roots in The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge, founded in 1828.
200 m · University of Lancashire, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St. Walburge, Preston
St Walburge's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Preston, Lancashire, England, northwest of the city centre on Weston Street. The church was built in the mid-19th century to a design by the Gothic Revival architect Joseph Hansom, the designer of the hansom cab, and is famous as having the tallest spire of any parish church in England.
700 m · church in Preston, UK · Wikipedia - 04Harris Museum
The Harris Museum, now known as The Harris, is a Grade I-listed building in Preston, Lancashire, England. Founded by Edmund Harris in 1877, it is a local history and fine art museum, and public library, covering 60,000 square feet and 23 public spaces.
600 m · art museum in Preston, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Syro-Malabar Cathedral of St Alphonsa, Preston
The Syro-Malabar Cathedral of St Alphonsa is a Catholic cathedral of the Syro-Malabar rite in Preston, Lancashire. It is the cathedral of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Great Britain, and was previously St Ignatius Church under the Diocese of Lancaster.
500 m · church in Preston, UK · Wikipedia - 06Jamea Masjid
Jamea Masjid is the largest and longest established mosque in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK.
1.2 km · mosque in Preston, Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 07Penwortham Castle
Penwortham Castle was built on the south bank of the River Ribble, at Penwortham to the west of Preston, Lancashire, England, at grid reference SD524291. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, although only the mound remains.
1.4 km · castle in Penwortham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Madina Mosque
Madina Mosque is a mosque in Preston, Lancashire, England.
1.7 km · mosque in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09St Thomas' Church
St Thomas' Church is in Lancaster Road, Preston, Lancashire, England. It has historically been an Anglican parish church, and now used by City Church Preston, an AOG GB church.
400 m · church in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Emmanuel Church, Preston
Emmanuel Church is in Brook Street, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.
900 m · grade II listed church in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Preston
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 49 km · Manchester (MAN), 54 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 69 km
- Stations
- Preston railway station, 800 m · Lostock Hall railway station, 4.5 km · Bamber Bridge railway station, 4.9 km · Preston bus station, 600 m · Ribbleton railway station, 3.7 km
- Liverpool → Preston43 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £5–7
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Preston44 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · £5–7
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Preston76 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £10–13
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Preston
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Preston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries ply to Liverpool from: Dublin twice a day (P & O, 8 hours), though there are faster sailings from Dublin to Holyhead in North Wales.
- Get inBelfast twice a day (Stena Line, 8 hours) Douglas Isle of Man three per day (Isle of Man Steam Packet, 2 hour 45 min); Douglas also has ferries to Heysham near Morecambe.
- Get aroundLancashire is increasingly a cycle friendly place for on- and off-road cyclists.
- Go nextOr hop on a ferry to Ireland or the Isle of Man.
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Next door to Preston
Preston is 43 km from Liverpool, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Penworthamtown in South Ribble, Lancashire, England2.7 km
- Woodplumptonvillage and civil parish in Lancashire, UK5.6 km
- Broughtonvillage and civil parish in Preston, Lancashire, UK5.3 km
- Huttonvillage and civil parish in Lancashire, England5.3 km
- Leasuburb and civil parish in Preston, Lancashire, England4.6 km
- Haightoncivil parish in Lancashire, UK5.9 km