Preston
Preston is a city in the county of Lancashire in North West England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a former textile and engineering town; it still makes aircraft, hosts the county local government, and has a university. Wikivoyage
Population 141,801 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 7 h 59 of daylight
- February: 9 h 49 of daylight
- March: 11 h 47 of daylight
- April: 14 h of daylight
- May: 15 h 55 of daylight
- June: 17 h 03 of daylight
- July: 16 h 35 of daylight
- August: 14 h 53 of daylight
- September: 12 h 45 of daylight
- October: 10 h 38 of daylight
- November: 8 h 37 of daylight
- December: 7 h 28 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Preston
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Preston's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
1 to 2 hours· 11
- Accrington1h 01
- Chester1h 04
- Liverpool1h 06
- Stockport1h 13
- Burnley1h 15
- Runcorn1h 24
- Nelson1h 27
- Altrincham1h 35
- Wrexham1h 41
- Shrewsbury1h 42
1 moreFewer
2 to 3 hours· 18
3 to 5 hours· 60
- Stevenage3h
- Reading3h 01
- Nottingham3h 02
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 04
- Worcester3h 04
- Chelmsford3h 10
- Crawley3h 11
- Gloucester3h 14
- Cambridge3h 15
- Farnborough3h 16
50 moreFewer
- Lanark3h 16
- Windsor and Eton3h 18
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll3h 18
- Sunderland3h 26
- Guildford3h 26
- Kingston upon Hull3h 27
- Greenock3h 28
- Brighton3h 29
- Helensburgh3h 31
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 32
- Bristol3h 33
- Edinburgh3h 34
- Winchester3h 34
- Southend-on-Sea3h 37
- Middlesbrough3h 38
- Stirling3h 38
- Canterbury3h 38
- Peterborough3h 38
- Colchester3h 39
- Ely3h 39
- Swindon3h 39
- Oxford3h 40
- Cardiff3h 40
- Durham3h 40
- Eastleigh3h 43
- Folkestone3h 43
- Southampton3h 51
- Cleethorpes3h 55
- Bath3h 57
- Tewkesbury3h 57
- Stamford3h 57
- Lincoln4h
- Scarborough4h 02
- Arundel4h 04
- Ipswich4h 08
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h 08
- Hastings4h 08
- Warminster4h 13
- Perth4h 19
- Kirkcaldy4h 19
- Eastbourne4h 19
- Salisbury4h 22
- Aberystwyth4h 23
- Bournemouth4h 27
- Lille4h 28
- Swansea4h 35
- Portsmouth4h 35
- Norwich4h 44
- Dundee4h 45
- Exeter4h 46
5 hours or more· 72
- Paris5h 01
- Brussels5h 07
- North Berwick5h 12
- Tywyn5h 24
- Saint-Cloud5h 29
- Torquay5h 35
- Kraainem5h 36
- Versailles5h 41
- Oban5h 43
- Leuven5h 44
62 moreFewer
- Kortrijk5h 47
- Plymouth5h 49
- Aalst5h 52
- Mechelen5h 52
- Disneyland Paris5h 56
- Fontainebleau5h 58
- Ghent6h 02
- Charleroi6h 04
- Antwerp6h 11
- Aberdeen6h 11
- Amiens6h 12
- Fort William6h 15
- Calais6h 19
- Cromer6h 24
- Lier6h 25
- Ath6h 30
- Bruges6h 31
- Namur6h 32
- Rotterdam6h 34
- Liège6h 36
- Hasselt6h 37
- Sint-Niklaas6h 37
- Aviemore6h 38
- Rouen6h 42
- Inverness6h 42
- Schiedam6h 43
- Ypres6h 49
- Delft6h 49
- Ostend6h 56
- The Hague7h 02
- Dinant7h 08
- Breda7h 09
- Chartres7h 10
- Reims7h 16
- Dordrecht7h 16
- Leiden7h 17
- Amsterdam7h 22
- Lyon7h 24
- Tilburg7h 25
- Spa7h 25
- Rennes7h 27
- Gouda7h 28
- Dijon7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Zaandam7h 36
- Haarlem7h 37
- Weesp7h 37
- Hilversum7h 38
- Maastricht7h 39
- Tenby7h 39
- Utrecht7h 48
- Almere7h 49
- Eindhoven7h 49
- Bussum7h 49
- Le Havre7h 50
- Metz7h 50
- Amersfoort7h 50
- 's-Hertogenbosch7h 52
- Nantes7h 55
- Dieppe7h 56
- Caen7h 58
From Preston's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 7
1 to 2 hours· 7
2 to 3 hours· 18
3 to 5 hours· 57
- Nottingham3h 02
- Llandudno3h 05
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 16
- Greenock3h 18
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll3h 21
- Cheltenham3h 22
- Lincoln3h 24
- Northampton3h 26
- St Albans3h 26
- Stirling3h 27
47 moreFewer
- Kingston upon Hull3h 28
- Reading3h 29
- Stamford3h 29
- Stevenage3h 30
- Scarborough3h 32
- Peterborough3h 34
- Guildford3h 35
- Sunderland3h 37
- Worcester3h 37
- Durham3h 39
- Chelmsford3h 40
- Crawley3h 41
- Gloucester3h 43
- Lanark3h 45
- Oxford3h 45
- Farnborough3h 46
- North Berwick3h 46
- Windsor and Eton3h 48
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 48
- Cambridge3h 49
- Kirkcaldy3h 50
- Middlesbrough3h 58
- Southend-on-Sea4h
- Swindon4h 01
- Winchester4h 04
- Canterbury4h 06
- Bristol4h 08
- Colchester4h 09
- Brighton4h 10
- Helensburgh4h 11
- Ely4h 11
- Eastleigh4h 13
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Perth4h 15
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h 17
- Folkestone4h 18
- Southampton4h 21
- Cleethorpes4h 25
- Cardiff4h 27
- Bath4h 30
- Portsmouth4h 31
- Arundel4h 34
- Dundee4h 37
- Hastings4h 38
- Ipswich4h 40
- Eastbourne4h 49
- Bournemouth4h 57
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Harris Museum Museum · 40 m
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- Ye Olde Blue Bell Heritage · 410 m
- Museum of Lancashire Museum · 760 m
- Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Museum Museum · 740 m
- Thomas Miller Memorial · 270 m
- Mill Workers Memorial Memorial · 290 m
- Sir Robert Peel Memorial · 350 m
- St Mary's Church Memorial Memorial · 450 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Lancashire Fringe Festival
April – May
Lancashire Fringe Festival is held in late April and early May. Performances are free, donations welcome
1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Preston); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 92 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.