Preston

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Preston
Center of Preston
Center of Preston
coat of arms
coat of arms
Coordinates 53 ° 46 ′  N , 2 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 46 ′  N , 2 ° 42 ′  W
OS National Grid SD535295
Preston (England)
Preston
Preston
Residents 188,200 (as of 2011)
administration
prefix 01772
Part of the country England
Shire county Lancashire
Ceremonial county Lancashire
District Preston
ONS code 30UK
Website: www.preston.gov.uk

Preston is a city in England , United Kingdom . It is located in the region North West England in the county of Lancashire on the River Ribble . In 2011 it had a population of 188,200, the City of Preston county 140,202.

history

Preston was first mentioned in a document in 1080 and received city charter from the hands of Henry II in 1179 . In 1322 Preston was burned down by the Scottish Army under Robert the Bruce . During the English Civil War , the royalists were defeated at the Battle of Preston (1648) at the gates of the city. The Jacobites were fought at the Battle of Preston (1715) .

In the 19th century Preston was a boom town in the textile industry , which began to migrate in the mid-20th century. In 1920 Preston became the county seat of Lancashire . In 2002 Preston was officially named City (previously Town ).

Town twinning

Culture and sights

A well-known landmark of Preston is the Roman Catholic Saint Walburge's Church , which was planned in the neo-Gothic style by Joseph Hansom and completed in 1854. With its 94 m height it has one of the highest church towers in England.

Museums

  • Harris Museum and Art Gallery
  • Museum of Lancashire
  • Museum of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment
  • Preston Guild Hall

Parks

  • Moor Park (one of England's first public parks)
  • Avenham Park

Sports

The Preston North End FC (the Lilywhites ) is one of the oldest football clubs in England and has u. a. 1889 won the first ever league championship.

Important snooker tournaments were and are held in Preston . In 1998, 1999 and 2001-2005 the Grand Prix / LG Cup and in 2017 and 2018 the World Grand Prix . In addition, between 1978 and 1997, the UK Championship, the second most important tournament on the Snooker Main Tour, was held in Preston.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The M6 , one of the most important motorways in England, the first section of which was built near Preston in 1958 , connects the city with the metropolises of Manchester and Birmingham in the south and the Scottish border at Carlisle . The M55 provides the connection to Blackpool .

Preston Station on the West Coast Main Line is a major rail hub in north-west England with long-distance connections to London, Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as numerous regional connections.

The city is at the south end of the Lancaster Canal . The canal, which ran as far as Kendal in Cumbria , served some a. the transportation of wool and slate from Cumbria; today it is reserved for pleasure boating alone. Since 2002, the canal has been connected to the Ribble Link to the River Ribble and thus to the rest of England's canal network via the expansion of the Savick Brook , which crosses the city from east to west on the northern edge .

education

The University of Central Lancashire is the sixth largest university in Great Britain with around 35,000 students.

The Preston Catholic College in Winckley Square was closed 1978th

Efforts to strengthen the local economy

After private foreign corporations withdrew from a planned shopping center as a result of the global financial crisis , the city administration has been relying on an alliance of public organizations since 2011, which now also assess the positive effects on the local economy when awarding contracts. This means that more and more local small companies are getting involved, so that the economic situation of the city, which was previously characterized by deindustrialization and high unemployment , has noticeably improved.

Personalities

photos

  • Location in Lancashire

  • Saint Walburge's Church

  • St John the Evangelist Minster

  • The former
    Preston Catholic College

  • Harris Museum

  • Memorial plaque for
    Robert W. Service

  • In the center of Preston

  • Preston Railway Station

  • City view across the Ribble River

  • Business center

Web links

Commons : Preston  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica: Preston ( English ) Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ Aditya Chakrabortty: In 2011 Preston hit rock bottom. Then it took back control. In: The Guardian , January 31, 2018, accessed January 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ Erik Albrecht: U-turn in Preston: English city has had enough of capitalism . In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur , January 7, 2019, accessed on January 8, 2019