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Free running event Park Run confirmed for Avenham Park opener

4th, May 2012 by

A popular free running event will be coming to Preston next weekend. Park Run, an international running group, organises free to run events has been given the go ahead by Preston City Council. The first run will take place at 9am on Saturday 12th March in Avenham Park and continue weekly after that. Blog Preston reported on the plan to start Park Runs in February [...]

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Preston Past: Avenham & Miller Parks (Part 2)

11th, April 2012 by

Avenham and Miller parks were both opened in 1867, however, Miller Park was created on land extending from the East Lancashire Railway to the North Union Railway embankments and was laid out on eleven acres of land which was donated to Preston Corporation by Alderman Thomas Miller, a principal partner in the  firm of cotton manufacturers, Horrocks, Miller & Co. As with Avenham Park, Miller Park [...]

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Photos + Videos: Easter Egg Rolling in Avenham Park

10th, April 2012 by

Hundreds of people braved the wet weather yesterday to take part in the annual Easter Egg Rolling competition in Avenham Park. View videos below from the event The event, dating back to Victorian times, uses the famous slope in the park to send eggs tumbling down. The Easter Bonnet parade also took place with over 60 competitors battling it out to be crowned the Easter [...]

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Preston Past: Avenham & Miller Parks (Part 1)

4th, April 2012 by

  Avenham Valley from the Vicarage Grounds,Preston 1862 (Courtesy of Preston City Council) A very early image of the area that was soon to be transformed into Avenham Park. This photograph was taken from the back of the old Vicarage garden in East Cliff. It appears that sleepers, rails and a quantity of cast iron chairs are stacked at the bottom of the slope in [...]

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Egg rolling to take over Avenham Park on Easter Monday

26th, March 2012 by

The annual tradition of Easter Egg rolling in Preston’s Avenham and Miller Park continues this year. On Easter Monday thousands of people are expected to line to the tops of the Victorian Parks and send their eggs rolling down the hill. The main egg roll takes place at 1pm and the council are promising quirky Victorian characters around the park to help families enjoy the [...]

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Man fined for letting dog foul in Moor Park

11th, February 2012 by

A serial offender who let his dog foul on Moor Park has been prosecuted by the council for the third time in a year. Terence Utting has been fined £200 by Preston Magistrates Court after letting his dog relieve itself on 22nd October and not picking it up. Mr Utting, who lives on Milner Street near the park, was also ordered to pay prosecution costs [...]

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Avenham Park could host weekly Park Run

10th, February 2012 by

A national organisation which puts on weekly 5k runs in parks across the world could be coming to Preston. Volunteers have been in talks with Preston City Council about staging a weekly event in Avenham and Miller Park. Park Run was set up in 2004 in South West London and since then has become a global phenomena, offering free weekly timed runs in parks in [...]

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Free Christmas tree recycling service on offer at Ashton Park

28th, December 2011 by

It’s time to start thinking about taking down the Christmas decorations and throwing out the tree. Preston City Council are offering a free service to recycle your Christmas tree. They will plant it in Ashton Park if it is still alive or it will be chipped and mulched for the trees in the plant. The recycling event takes place on Sunday 8th January from 10am [...]

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Get involved in Preston’s nature this winter

20th, November 2011 by

Those who have green fingers can get involved in a host of activities in Preston’s parks this winter. Preston park rangers will be teaching volunteers how to coppice, plant trees and look after hedgerows. Traditional coppicing and hurdle making from 1pm to 3pm on Tuesday 29th November at Fishwick Nature Reserve. Managing and learning about hedgerows takes place at Fishwick Nature Reserve on Thursday 1st [...]

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Plans for a leading skate park in Moor Park submitted

8th, November 2011 by

Plans for a skate park in a historic Preston park have been submitted by the council. A part of Moor Park opposite Deepdale stadium will be developed to allow skateboarding, inline skating and BMXing. An application, submitted by Preston council, claims the development “will improve and expand the range of existing recreational and sporting facilities in the park.” As well as a skate park the [...]

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Ribbleton nature reserve to be protected from nuisance motorbikes

6th, November 2011 by

Changes to stop motorbikes blighting a nature reserve in the East of the city will be heard by councillors next month. A planning application has been submitted by Preston city council to install barriers blocking motorcycles tearing through the wildlife area. The Pope Lane Nature Reserve in Ribbleton has suffered problems with motorcycle nuisance and now special restrictor barriers will be placed at the gateway [...]

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Un-Convention comes to Preston to champion independent music

26th, May 2011 by

Avenham Park and the New Continental will pay host to the 22nd Un-Convention – a series of music events and conferences aimed at grass roots artists, writers, labels and entrepreneurs. Taking place on June 17, the main day’s activities will be based around panel discussions and workshops while the Continental will host a series of live acts in the evening. Jeff Thompson, the organiser of [...]

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Police issue warning after spate of bag thefts

28th, April 2011 by

Police are reminding members of the public to keep their belongings with them after a number of unattended bags were stolen in a Preston park. Four reports have been received over the past two weeks of bags or items from bags being stolen from Avenham Park whilst they were left unattended. Insp Eddie Newton said: “It appears that whilst residents have been enjoying the sunshine [...]

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