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Where to stay in Preston
Preston is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 142,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Preston, with about 65 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- LPL48 km · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Preston
Preston ( ) is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston local government district.
Preston stands at a crossing point over the River Ribble on the main route up the west coast towards Scotland. The Ribble valley together with Yorkshire's River Aire creates the "Aire Gap" where the Pennines can be crossed at low altitude, so there was an east-west route also. "Preston" means "priest town": the church held extensive tracts of land hereabouts. The land near town is fertile and lowland, well-suited to dairy farming.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Preston
See
- Harris Museum and Art Gallery
- Lancashire Infantry Museum
- Ribble Steam Railway
- Brockholes
- Church Cottage
- British Commercial Vehicle Museum
- Samlesbury Hall
- Hoghton Tower
- Rufford Old Hall
- Garstang
Do
- Preston North End
- Flower Bowl Entertainment Centre
- Beacon Fell
- Worden Park
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Preston
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Preston Central hotel | 65 | 3.5/5 731 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Preston
14 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Cross Hotel | 0.1 km | |
| Moor Park Hotel | 1.2 km | |
| The Old Bull, Including Nos. 141 And 142 Church Street | 0.1 km | |
| The Old Dog Inn | 0.2 km | |
| The Stanley Arms Hotel | 0.0 km | |
| Yew Tree Inn | 1.9 km | |
| Former Red Lion Hotel And Ellesmere Chambers | 0.1 km | |
| Macdonald Tickled Trout Hotel | 3.8 km | |
| No.10 Preston | 0.5 km | |
| Smithy Lodge Guest House | 7.8 km | |
| The George Hotel And Shop Adjoining To The Right | 0.4 km | |
| The Unicorn Hotel | 1.1 km | |
| Unicorn Inn | 2.2 km | |
| Winckley Square Hotel | 0.6 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Preston
Preston has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; October is the wettest, with about 138 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Preston: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 48 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 53 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 69 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Manchester Airport (MAN) is usually the best choice for its wide range of flights at competitive fares, and good onward transport, see below. Liverpool (LPL) has flights across Europe, otherwise consider Birmingham (BHX) and the London airports. Preston itself has an aerospace industry so any large commercial aircraft skimming low on finals over the town is bringing company suits to BAE Warton or Samlesbury. Blackpool Squires Gate remains in business but has no scheduled flights. From London Euston, Avanti West Coast trains run hourly, taking 3 hours via Stafford, Crewe, Warrington and Wigan.
Getting around
Stagecoach operate the out-of-town buses and Preston Bus operate routes in town. Some you might use are 12, 43 and 100 between the bus and railway stations, and 19, 49 and 6 to Preston North End.
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LPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
MAN · Manchester Airport
LBA · Leeds Bradford Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Preston
Stay safe
Preston is relatively safe, just apply the usual care with traffic, safeguarding valuables, and avoiding anti-social drunks. Call the police on 101 for non-emergencies. The emergency number for all services is 999 or 112. The nearest Accident & Emergency Dept is at the Royal Preston Hospital on Sharoe Green Lane Fulwood, three miles north of town centre.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Preston
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Preston: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Preston?
By published guest score: Travelodge Preston Central (3.5 / 5 · 731 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Preston?
Preston has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; October is the wettest, with about 138 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Preston?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 48 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 53 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 69 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Preston?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Preston
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.