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Preston’s colourful history has shaped today’s town. In 1179 Henry II granted Preston its Royal Charter and the right to hold a Guild Merchant. Since 1500 Guild Celebrations have been held every 20 years, with the most recent celebration in 1992 attracting millions of visitors.
Guild celebrations have involved colourful and exciting processions through the street as well as major spectacular outdoor events on Preston’s historic Flag Market and in its many beautiful parks. These include annual major outdoor events such as the Heineken Music Festival, the Annual Egg Rolling event, music events on Avenham Park as well as circuses and fun runs on Moor Park. The Flag Market annually hosts the Pot Fair, Town Criers Competition and Historical Fayre, attracting many thousands of visitors.
The Royal Charter also signalled the start of an outdoor market in Preston, which has flourished to this day since Anglo-Saxon times. Visitors to Preston will enjoy the outdoor market and much more. Today the town presents a modern, convenient and clean environment for your every shopping need with all the major stores represented. The town’s main attraction is the magnificent Harris Museum & Art Gallery, a Greek Revival architecture building, housing a wonderful collection of art and sculpture as well as regular new and innovative exhibitions.
Preston is the commercial, administrative and cultural capital of Lancashire. The university of central Lancashire is an important feature of Preston now attracting nearly 15,000 students and visitors in terms of entertainment. Preston features an impressive selection of restaurants, pubs and night-life as well as the town’s premier entertainment centre, The Guild Hall & Charter Theatre, and is home to major sporting events such as the UK World Snooker Championships and World Indoor bowls, it also regularly features major concerts, theatre productions, ballet and much more. Entertainment is also available at Riversway, Preston’s former docklands, which has been converted and features an attractive Marina, entertainment complex, retail and shopping as well as modern offices and accommodation.
Preston is ideally located surrounded by breathtaking countryside such as the Ribble valley, rolling Lancashire hills and is within minutes of the spectacular countryside of Beacon Fell Country Park, Cuerden Valley and the Forest of Bowland, and further still is the magnificent Lake District. Preston boasts a modern, convenient, safe and clean shopping environment. As well as the colour and bargains of the regular indoor and outdoor markets you will find everything you need within a short walking distance. As with any large town, the major chain and department of stores represented, such as Marks & Spencers, Debenhams, Brittish Home Stores, C&A, Littlewoods, Woolworths, and much more. For convenience, the town’s major indoor covered shopping centres, Fishergate and St George’s, offer a wide selection of large and small stores. If you are looking for speciality shopping then you will enjoy a stroll in the Victorian Miller Arcade.
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