Preston, Lancashire Preston, Lancashire Preston is the administrative centre of Lancashire, England, on the north bank of the River Ribble. The City of Preston local government district obtained city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Preston has a population of 114,300, the City of Preston district 132,000 and the Preston Built-up Area 313,322. The Preston Travel To Work Area, in 2011, had a population of 420,661 compared to 354,000 in the previous census. Preston and its surrounding area have provided evidence of ancient Roman activity, largely in the form of a Roman
Preston Montford of Birmingham and Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland to tackle the decline in skills of field taxonomy. Preston Montford Preston Montford Field Studies Centre, west of Shrewsbury, is a large eighteenth-century house with later additions, set in of grassland and woodland on the banks of the River Severn. It lies within easy reach of the meres and mosses landscape of north Shropshire, as well as the varied landscapes of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Opened as a Field Centre in 1957, Preston Montford is visited by students of Biology and Geography, as well as school groups.