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Preston [1] is a city in Lancashire, England.

[edit] Understand

Preston is the largest city in the county of Lancashire, and historically was a major port and industrial centre. It is one of the few cities that has an "old northern" culture, with many words of Lancashire dialect still in use.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By plane

Nearby Blackpool Airport has flights to London, Dublin, Isle of Man, France and Spain, while Liverpool and Manchester airports offer a world-wide service. Local airlines include Jet2 [2], and British Airways [3]

[edit] By train

Preston is a major terminal on the WCML "West Coast Main Line", and services to and from most major cities around the UK are offered by Virgin Trains [4] the Virgin website sells tickets between any two stations in the National Rail network, so getting to preston by train should be easy, wherever you are!

[edit] By car

Preston is well linked to the motorway network (M6, M61, M62, M60, M65) there are many reasonably priced taxi firms in the city (see by taxi in Get around)

[edit] By bus

National Express [5] offer intercity coaches from most towns and cities in the UK, and many in France and Spain, while Megabus [6] offers extremely low cost (£1 one way) bus travel to and from London. Other bus companies are available, and can be booked via the UK public transport gateway transportdirect [7] which is a database of all British Public Transport, and can effectively link any two buildings in the UK with Public Transport using Postcodes

[edit] Get around

Preston has an extensive local bus network operated by Stagecoach Northwest, Preston Bus and JFS (Fishwicks), details of which can be found via transportdirect.

Preston has a number of reliable taxi companies - the largest/most notable of which are:

• New City Taxi Service (Citywide service)- +44 1772 82-4000
• 24-7 Taxis Ltd (South Preston Service)- +44 1772 424-247
• D.B Taxis (Rural West Preston Service)- +44 1772 751-888

[edit] See

Preston has several cultural attractions worth visiting, such as the city museum, Minster Church and the UK's National Football Museum [8].

[edit] Do

• Football - visit the National Football Museum [9] (free entrance); see Preston North End FC, the first ever team to win the English League (They achieved this without losing a game, also winning the FA Cup in the same year without conceding a goal) play at the 20,000 seater Deepdale Stadium [10]
• Shopping - Preston has several shopping centres.
• Rail - visit the Ribble Steam Railway [11] on the docks.

[edit] Learn

Preston is the home of the university of central lancashire [12] with over 30,000 students.

[edit] Buy

Preston City Centre has a wide range of shops.

[edit] Eat

Preston has a wide range of restaurants in it's city centre, and many local pubs serve meals as well.

[edit] Sleep

[edit] Budget

• Travelodge Preston [13] offers room rates from GB£20 per night

[edit] Mid-range

• The Novotel Preston South [14] is a mid-priced hotel with restaurant, room rates from GB£45

• The Hotel Barton Grange [15] Rooms from £55. This is an exquisite four star hotel north of preston, with several restaurants and a swimming pool with spa, Barton Grange is the perfect place for a high class stay in Preston.

[edit] Splurge

[edit] Contact

• The area dialling code for Preston is 01772. From overseas, dial +44 1772 XXX-XXX

[edit] Stay safe

Preston is relatively safe compared with larger cities like London or Manchester, but still you need to keep aware.

Preston Police are available on +44 1772 203-203 for non-emergencies, in Emergencies Only dial 999 or 112 from any phone for fire, police, or ambulance

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