Preston, Lancashire Preston City Council. Preston is currently divided between two Westminster constituencies, namely Preston and Wyre and Preston North. The Lancashire County Council building is located on Fishergate and is the main office for Lancashire, Preston Council Buildings are found on Lancaster Road. The River Ribble provides a southern border for the city. The Forest of Bowland forms a backdrop to Preston to the northeast while the Fylde lies to the west. At , Preston is approximately north west of Manchester, north east of Liverpool, and east of the coastal town Blackpool. The current borders came into effect on 1 April
Lionel Preston aircraft finishes. He lived in Chiltern Road in Dunstable. He also wrote the book ""Sea And River Painters Of The Netherlands In The Seventeenth Century"". He married Emily Elizabeth Bryant. Lionel Preston Admiral Sir Lionel George Preston, KCB (27 September 1875 – 21 September 1971) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fourth Sea Lord. Lionel Preston was educated at Stubbington House School and joined the Royal Navy as a cadet aboard HMS "Britannia" in 1888. He was posted to the sloop HMS "Rosario" in March 1900, and took part in the response to the Boxer Rebellion