In the early 19th century, Preston was little more than a market town of barely 2,000 people. Industrialisation brought with it prosperity, jobs and people and Preston grew to a population of nearly 60,000. Formal parks, civic gardens and green spaces were created to give people an escape from the drudgery of urban life.
Fast forward 100 years and Preston now boasts some of the finest parkland in the northwest including five award winning parks.
As a Prestonian you have access to around 500 hectares of parks, green spaces, wildlife habitats, play areas and allotments. This vast patchwork of sites around the city provide opportunities for fun whatever your age, as well as being an important part of our heritage.
To read more about our major parks please click the relevant link to the left of the page.
Lancashire Wildlife Trust - Access to nature consultation
As part of Natural England’s Access to Nature fund, Lancashire Wildlife Trust are gathering evidence on what people think of Local Nature Reserves (LNR’s) and other Green Open Spaces in Preston City.
Lancashire Wildlife Trust are hoping to secure funding from Access to Nature which will help to improve and develop areas of Preston that are underused and in need of investment. The Trust, working in partnership with Preston City Council are hoping to target two areas in the Brookfield and Ribbleton Wards, these are known as Hills and Hollows and Eaves Brook Linear Park.
Hills and Hollows, also known as Sandybrook is a recently designated LNR which is part owned by Preston City Council and The Woodland Trust, it is partly wooded with areas of grassland and Savick Brook runs through the middle of it.
Eaves Brook Linear Park is the collective name for several connected areas of land from Grange Park in the East, through to Holme Slack in the west, it incorporates Brookfield Park, Sion Park and Grange Valley LNR and follows the route of Eaves Brook.
The development of the project is dependent on the feedback that the public provide, which will allow The Trust to look at several options to manage the areas for the future. It is critical that there is community support for these sites and we have included other sites on the questionnaire (within Preston) that you may be familiar with.
Thank you for taking the time to complete the questionnaire and we will make sure that we circulate progress of this scheme to all those people who would like to be involved.
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The location of public parks in Preston.
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