Preston

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city

Preston is a historic industrial city in Lancashire, England, known for its role in the Industrial Revolution and its status as a major urban center in the North West.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Preston, Lancashire, England 5
History of Preston, Lancashire 1
PRESTON 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Lancashire ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dialCode 01772 ⓘ
governingBody Preston City Council ⓘ
grantedCityStatusIn 2002 ⓘ
guildFrequency every 20 years ⓘ
hasAdministrativeStatus city and non-metropolitan district ⓘ
hasEconomicSector logistics ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
services ⓘ
hasEvent Preston Guild ⓘ
hasFootballClub Preston North End F.C. ⓘ
hasHistoricCounty Lancashire ⓘ
hasIndustrialHeritage cotton industry ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
hasLandmark Avenham Park ⓘ
Deepdale Stadium ⓘ
Harris Museum, Art Gallery and Library ⓘ
Miller Park (American Family Field) ⓘ
surface form: Miller Park

Preston Bus Station ⓘ
Preston Guild Hall ⓘ
St Walburge's Church ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic major urban centre in North West England ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea PR ⓘ
hasRiverFeature tidal River Ribble estuary ⓘ
hasStatus city status ⓘ
hasTransportRole major transport hub in North West England ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Central Lancashire ⓘ
historicalRole industrial centre during the Industrial Revolution ⓘ
textile manufacturing centre ⓘ
isCountyTownOf Lancashire ⓘ
isUrbanCentreOf Lancashire ⓘ
surface form: Central Lancashire city region
locatedIn Lancashire ⓘ
locatedInRegion North West England ⓘ
locatedNear Fylde Coast ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Manchester ⓘ
locatedOnRiver River Ribble ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Lancaster ⓘ
motorwayServedBy M55 motorway ⓘ
M6 motorway ⓘ
M61 motorway ⓘ
M65 motorway ⓘ
railwayStation Preston railway station ⓘ
region North West England ⓘ
timeZone GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST BST ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ribble Valley → borderedBy → Preston ⓘ
this entity surface form: History of Preston, Lancashire
A59 road → connectsTown → Preston ⓘ
North West England → hasCity → Preston ⓘ
Lancashire → hasCountyTown → Preston ⓘ
Lancashire → hasMajorTown → Preston ⓘ
the Fifteen → hasPlaceOfEvent → Preston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Preston, Lancashire
Sefton → hasRailConnectionTo → Preston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Preston, Lancashire, England
Chorley → locatedNear → Preston ⓘ
Lancashire Plain → locatedNear → Preston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Preston, Lancashire, England
Ribble estuary → near → Preston ⓘ
Forest of Bowland → nearCity → Preston ⓘ
Lancaster → nearbyCity → Preston ⓘ
River Darwen → nearbyCity → Preston ⓘ
River Ribble → nearbyCity → Preston ⓘ
Southport → nearbySettlement → Preston ⓘ
Tarleton → nearbyTown → Preston ⓘ
Northern → operatesInCity → Preston ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
M6 motorway → passesNearCity → Preston ⓘ
A6 road → passesThrough → Preston ⓘ
River Ribble → passesThrough → Preston ⓘ
subject surface form: West Coast Main Line
this entity surface form: Preston, Lancashire, England
this entity surface form: Preston, Lancashire, England
Tarleton → postTown → Preston ⓘ
this entity surface form: PRESTON
Richard Arkwright → residence → Preston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Preston, Lancashire, England