Preston

Preston or Prestons may refer to:

Places

Australia

• Preston, Victoria
  • City of Preston (Victoria)
  • Electoral district of Preston
  • Preston railway station, Melbourne
• Preston, Queensland, Toowoomba and Lockyer Valley regions
• Preston, Queensland (Whitsunday Region)
• Preston, Tasmania
• South Preston, Tasmania
• Prestons, New South Wales

Canada

• Preston, Nova Scotia
  • East Preston, Nova Scotia
  • North Preston
  • Preston (electoral district)
• Preston, Ontario

Cuba

• Guatemala, Cuba, also known as Preston, in the Holguín Province

England

• Preston, Lancashire, city in Lancashire
  • The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district
  • County Borough of Preston, a local government district containing the settlement from 1835 to 1974
  • Preston (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Preston railway station in Preston, Lancashire
  • The PR postcode area, also known as the Preston postcode area
  • Preston Urban Area, the conurbation with Preston at its core
• Preston, Devon (in Paignton)
• Preston, Teignbridge, in Kingsteignton parish, Devon
• Preston, Dorset
• Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire, near Kingston upon Hull
• Preston, Brighton, East Sussex, a suburb
• Preston, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, a village
• Preston, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, a village
• Preston, Hertfordshire
• Preston, London, near Wembley
  • Preston (ward)
• Preston, Northumberland, the location of Preston Tower
• Preston, Rutland
• Preston, Shropshire, in Upton Magna parish
• Preston, Somerset, in Stogumber parish
• Preston, Tyne and Wear
• Preston, Aldbourne and Ramsbury, Wiltshire
• Preston, Lyneham, Wiltshire
• Preston Bagot, Warwickshire
• Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire
• Preston Brook, Cheshire
• Preston Candover, Hampshire
• Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
• Preston Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire
• Preston Deanery, Northamptonshire
• Preston Gubbals, Shropshire
• Preston-le-Skerne, County Durham
• Preston-next-Faversham, Kent
• Preston-next-Wingham, Dover, Kent; better known as Preston
• Preston on Stour, Warwickshire
• Preston-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham
• Preston on the Hill, Cheshire
• Preston on Wye, Herefordshire
• Preston Plucknett, Somerset
• Preston St Mary, Suffolk
• Preston-under-Scar, North Yorkshire
• Preston upon the Weald Moors, Shropshire
• Preston Wynne, Herefordshire
• Great Preston, West Yorkshire
• Long Preston, North Yorkshire

Scotland

• Preston, East Linton, East Lothian
• Preston, Prestonpans, East Lothian
• Preston, Scottish Borders, near Duns
• Preston Island, reclaimed land in the Firth of Forth
• Prestonkirk or Preston, near East Linton, East Lothian
• Preston Mill, a watermill near East Linton, East Lothian

United States

• Preston, Alabama, see List of places in Alabama: N–R#P
• Preston, Arkansas, see List of places in Arkansas: P
• Preston, California
• Preston, Colorado
• Preston, Connecticut
• Preston, Georgia
• Preston, Idaho
• Preston, Illinois
• Preston, Indiana
• Preston, Iowa
• Preston, Kansas
• Preston, Kentucky
• Preston, Maryland
• Preston, Michigan
• Preston, Minnesota
• Preston, Mississippi
• Preston, Missouri (in Hickory County)
• Preston, Jasper County, Missouri
• Preston, Nebraska
• Preston, Nevada
• Preston, New York
• Preston, North Carolina
• Preston, Oklahoma
• Preston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, see List of places in Pennsylvania: Pl–Q
• Preston, McKean County, Pennsylvania, see List of places in Pennsylvania: Pl–Q
• Preston, South Dakota, a ghost town
• Preston, Texas (in Grayson County)
• Preston, Wharton County, Texas
• Preston, Virginia
• Preston, Washington
• Preston, West Virginia
• Preston County, West Virginia
• Preston, Adams County, Wisconsin, a town
• Preston, Grant County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Preston, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, a town
• Preston Road, important thoroughfare to the history and growth of Dallas, Texas, built over a historically important cattle trail
• Preston Township (disambiguation)

Outer space

• 3792 Preston, an asteroid

People

• Preston (singer) (born 1982), British singer
• List of people with given name Preston
• List of people with surname Preston

Fictional characters

• Becky Preston, from the Shiloh films
• Bill S. Preston Esq. (played by Alex Winter), one half of Bill and Ted
• Cleric John Preston (played by Christian Bale) in Equilibrium
• Dara Lynn Preston, from the Shiloh films
• Dick Preston (played by Dick Van Dyke), from The New Dick Van Dyke Show
• Dr. Preston Burke (played by Isaiah Washington), from Grey's Anatomy
• John James Preston, the full name of Mr. Big (played by Chris Noth), Carrie Bradshaw's love interest in the Sex and the City television series and ensuing films
• Marty Preston, from the Shiloh films
• Preston (played by Colin Hanks), Carl Denham's assistant in King Kong (2005)
• Preston, a medical student and former guard's apprentice in the Tiffany Aching subseries of Discworld
• Preston, the robot dog in the Wallace and Gromit film A Close Shave
• Preston "Bodie" Broadus (played by J.D. Williams), from The Wire
• Preston Garvey (voiced by Jon Gentry), from Fallout 4
• Preston Meyers (played by Ethan Embry), from Can't Hardly Wait
• Preston Northwest (voiced by Nathan Fillion), from Gravity Falls
• Preston Pike (played by Wyatt Lindner), from Afraid
• Preston Tien (played by Peter Sudarso), from Power Rangers Ninja Steel
• Preston Winthrop Esq., from MySims Agents
• Sergeant Preston, from Challenge of the Yukon (subsequently known as Sergeant Preston of the Yukon)

Ships

• Preston (ship), multiple ships
• HMS Preston, multiple ships
• USS Preston, multiple ships
• WT Preston , a stern wheel snagboat operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers

Schools

• Preston University (United States), controversial unaccredited institution
• Preston University (Pakistan), private university in Pakistan
• Preston College, further education college in Preston, Lancashire, England
• Preston High School (disambiguation), several schools

Other

• HM Prison Preston, a prison in England
• Preston baronets, baronetcies created for persons with the surname Preston
• Preston Car Company, a Canadian railway equipment builder
• Preston station (Houston), Houston, Texas
• Preston (speedway), a British speedway team
• Preston North End F.C., an English football club
• Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C., an English rugby football club
• Preston Street (disambiguation), several streets
• Preston Road tube station, a London Underground station

Prestons

• Prestons, New South Wales, Australia
• Prestons, New Zealand
• Prestons Station, Kentucky, United States

See also

• City of Preston (disambiguation)
• Justice Preston (disambiguation)