With a population of 131,900, Preston is growing both physically and in terms of profile. Now, the city's driving vision is to be the third city of the North West, after Manchester and Liverpool.
With a thriving student population at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), the city is an exciting place to socialise, live and work.
This section pools together information from Preston City Council's website relevant to residents of Preston.
The links below will take residents to various areas of the website focused on information for people living in Preston.
Climate change
Do it online (online forms)
Education
Electoral register
Emergency contact details
FoodSafe
Family trees
Find your bin collection day
Guild 2012
Gritting (Lancashire County Council)
Haiti earthquake appeal
Housing advice
Job vacancies
Leisure and sport centres
Planning
Preston College major development
Preston information pack
Public Transport
Real help: your guide to get through the recession
Residents parking scheme
Swine flu
Tithebarn
Weather problems - missed collection update
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