Preston, Lancashire (gbr)

Preston, Lancashire

Preston, Lancashire ranks 570th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Flint, Michigan, City of Brussels, and Oak Park, Illinois. Memorable people born in Preston, Lancashire include Richard Arkwright, John Bagot Glubb, and Gordon Milne. Memorable people who died in Preston, Lancashire include George Formby, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, and Tom Finney. Preston, Lancashire has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many actors, and politicians. Preston, Lancashire is located in United Kingdom.

Preston is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston local government district. Preston and its surrounding district obtained city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Preston had a population of 147,800 at the 2021 census, the City of Preston district 156,411 in 2023 and the Preston Built-up Area 313,322. The Preston Travel To Work Area, in 2011, had a population of 420,661, compared with 354,000 in the previous census. The south bank of the Ribble is part of the Preston urban area, although it forms the South Ribble borough that is administratively separate. Read more on Wikipedia