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The Castle and Commercial Hotel Watercolour by Edwin Beattie

Preston Past: The Castle Hotel On Cheapside, Market Square.

  Originally known as the Castle Inn and was built in 1623, the Castle Hotel was situated in Cheapside opposite the Market Square.  It was very much a favourite hostelry in the centre of the town for many Prestonians. This was also the chosen establishment for the meeting place of many building societies and insurance companies of Preston and the surrounding areas. The whole building, especially the [...]

430 days ago by The demolition team move in to prepare next door for the £24m Premier Inn

Mission Church to be replaced by student flats

A 13-storey block of student flats will replace the Mission Church in Preston City Centre, a planning committee has confirmed. The flats will include a purpose-built church, with 11 storeys of student accommodation above it.

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OLD PUBS OF PRESTON – A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Over the coming months we will be looking at some of the old pubs of Preston and where they were. Read this to provide a bit of background.

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Places to go in Lancashire

Well, the time of year for dashing about frantically in an attempt to find or do something quite romantic for a loved one may have gone but who needs Saint Valentine to pull back his bow and tell us what to do or where to go?

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