Preston Park railway station spur tracks which run from Preston Park through a tunnel to . The London Brighton and South Coast Railway opened a new station named "Preston", on 1 November 1869 to serve the growing parish of Preston, then north of the Brighton boundary. The station was enlarged and remodelled to its present design in 1879 during the construction of the Cliftonville Curve spur line from the main line to Hove and the West Sussex coast line. The station was then renamed "Preston Park" although the nearby Preston Park did not exist until 1883. In 1881 the railway murderer Percy Lefroy Mapleton
Preston Hill Country Park grassland is grazed occasionally by a herd of feral goats, which came from the Great Orme, near Colwyn Bay in North Wales.These are used to further encourage the growth of wildflowers. There are paths through the woodland (called 'Preston Plantation') at the top of the hill although they are steep in places and some have become overgrown. The park also is acreddited with a Green Flag Award by Natural England (linked with Lullingstone Country Park). Situated along A225 Station road, cross the railway (between Shoreham and Eynsford) then head up Preston Hill. The site has no official car park, but