Districts of Preston

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Preston is a city of Lancashire, England. The districts of Preston vary in size and shape, many of which reflect the districts developed from former villages and boroughs which now lie within the boundaries of the city of Preston. Districts of Preston have little administrative purpose: for local elections voters in each return either two, or three, councillors to Town Hall. For the purposes of national General elections, the parliamentary constituencies representing the city use the electoral districts as "building bricks"

Present day divisions

The City of Preston is divided into 22 wards, which are used in the creation of "Area Forums", local consultative bodies organised by city council; and also the composition of parliamentary constituencies.

Electors in each ward return two, or three, electors to Town Hall in elections, results of which can be found at Preston local elections.

Since 2010, the City of Preston has been covered by three parliamentary constituencies, Preston, Wyre and Preston North and Fylde. Those wards formerly within the Ribble Valley constituency, on the whole, now form the southern flank of the newly created constituency of Wyre and Preston North.

The wards are used to build electoral divisions for elections to Lancashire County Council. The unparished area of Preston (or urban core) had a population of 122,719 in 2011 and did not include the wards Preston Rural North, Preston Rural East and Lea. The wider city and non metropolitan district had a population of 140,202 in the same census.


County Council division	Ward	Area forum	Parishes	Other places	Parliamentary constituency (from 2010)
Preston Rural	1. Preston Rural North	Rural	1a. Barton	Newsham	Wyre and Preston North
			1b. Goosnargh	Beacon Fell, Inglewhite, Whitechapel
			1c. Whittingham	Goosnargh, Cumeragh Village
			1d. Woodplumpton	Catforth, Eaves, Higher Bartle, Nog Tow
	2. Preston Rural East		2a. Broughton	Fernyhalgh
			2b. Grimsargh	Elston
			2c. Haighton	Cow Hill, Haighton Green, Haighton Top
Preston North	3. Cadley	North (Fulwood)	unparished area (Preston)	Nooklands
Preston North	4. Greyfriars
Preston North East	5. Garrison			Fulwood Row, Ladyewell
Preston North East	6. Sharoe Green			Sherwood
Preston Central North	7. College
	8. Deepdale	East		Holme Slack	Preston
	9. Moor Park	Central
Preston Central South	10. St George's			Adelphi
	11. Tulketh			Lane Ends, Maudlands
	12. University			Adelphi, Maudlands
Preston City	13. Riversway			Broadgate, Christ Church
Preston City	14. Town Centre			Avenham, Frenchwood, Winckley Square
Preston South East	15. Fishwick	East		Farringdon Park
Preston South East	16. St Matthew's
Preston East	17. Brookfield
Preston East	18. Ribbleton			Farringdon Park, Grange, Red Scar, Ribbleton Hall
Preston North West	19. Ashton	West
Preston North West	20. Larches			Savick
Preston West	21. Ingol		Ingol and Tanterton	Tanterton
Preston West	22. Lea		Lea	Cottam, Lea Town	Fylde

The wards of Preston Rural North, Preston Rural East and Lea are parished: they contain parish councils with their own structure and elected councillors. All the other wards lie in an unparished area and are governed directly by Preston City Council.

Comparison of areas called "Preston"

The name "Preston" is associated with a number of different areas that are related to the city:


Name	Preston	City of Preston	Preston conurbation	Preston Urban Area	Preston Metropolitan Area	PRESTON	PR postcode area also known as Preston postcode area
Map	shown within the City of Preston		shown with the parishes of the City of Preston	shown within Central Lancashire		shown within the PR postcode area
Type	unparished area	local government district	conurbation	ONS urban area	metropolitan area	post town	postcode area
Population (2001)	112,019^[1]	129,633^[2]	184,836^[3]	264,601^[3]	354,000^[4]
Extent	Preston city centre, Fulwood, Ribbleton, Ashton-on-Ribble, (Ingol until 2012)	Preston (unparished area), Barton, Broughton, Grimsargh, Goosnargh, Haighton, Ingol and Tanterton, Lea, Whittingham, Woodplumpton	urban parts of: Preston (unparished area), Cottam, Lea, Ingol, Grimsargh, Penwortham, Bamber Bridge, Walton-le-Dale, Clayton Brook, Whittle-le-Woods, Walton Summit, Farington, Lostock Hall, Tardy Gate	the five conurbations: Preston Leyland, Chorley, Euxton, Wymott Prison	City of Preston, South Ribble, Chorley, eastern half of Wyre, eastern half of Fylde, north east part of West Lancashire, western fringes of Ribble Valley ^[5]	postcode districts PR1–PR5	post towns: PRESTON, CHORLEY, SOUTHPORT, LEYLAND

Historical

Local government

UK Parliament constituencies

Preston 1295–1950; 1983–present
Wyre and Preston North 2010–present
Preston North 1950–1983
Preston South 1950–1983

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References

↑ City of Preston: 129,633. "Neighbourhood Statistics: Preston (Local Authority)" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
The population for the unparished area of Preston is calculated by subtracting the populations of the three rural Middle Layer Super Output Areas, Preston 001 (5,472), Preston 002 (6,347) and Preston 010 (5,795).
"Preston 001 (Middle Layer Super Output Area)" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
"Preston 002 (Middle Layer Super Output Area)" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
"Preston 010 (Middle Layer Super Output Area)" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
↑ "Neighbourhood Statistics: Preston (Local Authority)" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
1 2 (2004) “Census 2001: Key Statistics for urban areas in the North“, ‘‘Office for National Statistics‘‘, ISBN 0-11-621744-8 , Table KS01, p.24. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
↑ "British urban pattern: population data" (PDF). ESPON project 1.4.3 Study on Urban Functions. European Spatial Planning Observation Network. March 2007. p. 119. Archived from the original (pdf) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ Coombes, Mike and Bond, Steve, Travel-to-Work Areas: the 2007 review, Office for National Statistics, ISBN 978-1-85774-676-1, Map 12, p.37. Retrieved 16 January 2012

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[1] City of Preston: 129,633. "Neighbourhood Statistics: Preston (Local Authority)" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
The population for the unparished area of Preston is calculated by subtracting the populations of the three rural Middle Layer Super Output Areas, Preston 001 (5,472), Preston 002 (6,347) and Preston 010 (5,795).
"Preston 001 (Middle Layer Super Output Area)" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
"Preston 002 (Middle Layer Super Output Area)" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
"Preston 010 (Middle Layer Super Output Area)" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

[2] "Neighbourhood Statistics: Preston (Local Authority)" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

[ONS_Preston-3] 1 2 (2004) “Census 2001: Key Statistics for urban areas in the North“, ‘‘Office for National Statistics‘‘, ISBN 0-11-621744-8 , Table KS01, p.24. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

[4] "British urban pattern: population data" (PDF). ESPON project 1.4.3 Study on Urban Functions. European Spatial Planning Observation Network. March 2007. p. 119. Archived from the original (pdf) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

[5] Coombes, Mike and Bond, Steve, Travel-to-Work Areas: the 2007 review, Office for National Statistics, ISBN 978-1-85774-676-1, Map 12, p.37. Retrieved 16 January 2012

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