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to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 53 45 32 n 2 41 56 w 53 759 n 2 699 w 53 759 2 699 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia city and non metropolitan district in lancashire england this article is about the local government district of lancashire for the settlement after which it is named see preston lancashire for other uses see city of preston and preston city non metropolitan district in england city of preston city non metropolitan district preston miller park in preston coat of arms of the city council motto prince of peace princeps pacis shown within lancashire and england city of preston shown within england coordinates 53 45 n 2 42 w 53 750 n 2 700 w 53 750 2 700 country united kingdom country england region north west england county lancashire guild merchant charter 1179 city status 2002 government type non metropolitan district local authority preston city council leadership leader cabinet mps mark hendrick lab maya ellis lab area city non metropolitan district 55 sq mi 142 km 2 highest elevation 873 ft 266 m lowest elevation 0 ft 0 m population 2024 city non metropolitan district 162 864 ranked 131st density 2 970 sq mi 1 145 km 2 urban 365 000 central lancashire ethnicity 2021 1 ethnic groups list 72 6 white 20 2 asian 3 mixed 2 4 black 1 9 other religion 2021 1 religion list 47 6 christianity 26 3 no religion 5 4 not stated 16 1 islam 3 hinduism 0 7 sikhism 0 4 other 0 3 buddhism 0 1 judaism time zone utc 0 greenwich mean time postcode pr1 pr4 area codes 01772 01995 iso 3166 2 gb lan ons code 30uk ons e07000123 gss os grid reference sd535295 demonym prestonian the city of preston or simply preston ˈ p r ɛ s t ən ⓘ 2 is a local government district with city status in lancashire england it lies on the north bank of the river ribble and has a population of 162 864 2024 3 4 the neighbouring districts are ribble valley south ribble fylde and wyre the district is named after its largest settlement preston which lies in the south of the district the district also includes rural areas to the north of the main urban area including part of the forest of bowland a designated area of outstanding natural beauty in 2002 the district was granted city status to mark the golden jubilee of elizabeth ii prior to this it was known as the borough of preston having held borough status since its creation in 1974 5 6 history edit the town of preston was an ancient borough having been granted its first charter by henry ii in 1179 7 the borough was reformed in 1836 to become a municipal borough under the municipal corporations act 1835 when elected county councils were established in 1889 under the local government act 1888 preston was considered large enough to run its own county level services and so it became a county borough independent from lancashire county council 8 in 1970 the new town of central lancashire was designated covering all of the county borough of preston and parts of the districts of chorley fulwood leyland walton le dale chorley rural district and preston rural district the central lancashire development corporation was established to oversee the development of the new town taking over town planning responsibilities from the local councils 9 the current district of preston was formed on 1 april 1974 under the local government act 1972 covering the whole area of two former districts and a large part of a third which were all abolished at the same time 10 11 12 fulwood urban district preston county borough preston rural district part being the parishes of barton broughton goosnargh grimsargh haighton lea whittingham and woodplumpton rest of district split between ribble valley and south ribble the new district was a non metropolitan district forming a lower tier of local government with lancashire county council providing county level services the district was awarded borough status from its creation allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor continuing preston s sequence of mayors which dates back to at least the fourteenth century 7 13 in other new towns across england the 1974 reforms brought the whole designated area for the new town within a single district but the central lancashire new town was allowed to straddle the new districts of preston south ribble and chorley 10 the development corporation was wound up in 1986 and planning powers transferred to the local councils 14 in 2002 the borough of preston was awarded city status to mark the golden jubilee of elizabeth ii the council therefore changed its name from preston borough council to preston city council 15 16 like numerous other places granted city status since 1889 preston has no anglican cathedral instead following the granting of city status preston s parish church was elevated by the church of england to the status of minster church in june 2003 17 under current local government reorganisation plans all district councils in lancashire as well as the county council will be abolished in 2028 with the district becoming part of a new north lancashire unitary authority 18 19 governance edit preston city council leadership mayor nweeda khan since 2026 20 leader matthew brown labour since 17 may 2018 chief executive adrian phillips since april 2019 21 structure seats 48 councillors 22 political groups administration 21 labour 21 other parties 27 liberal democrats 14 reform 5 conservative 3 green 2 independant labour 1 independent 2 elections last election may 2026 next election pcc to be abolished meeting place town hall lancaster road preston pr1 2rl website www preston gov uk preston city council provides district level services county level services are provided by lancashire county council 23 parts of the district are also covered by civil parishes which form a third tier of local government 24 entering the city centre from fylde road political control edit the council has been under no overall control with a labour minority administration since 2026 25 26 the first election to the enlarged preston borough council created by the local government act 1972 was held in 1973 initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 april 1974 political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows 27 28 party in control years labour 1974 1976 conservative 1976 1980 labour 1980 1999 no overall control 1999 2011 labour 2011 2026 no overall control 2026 present leadership edit see also list of mayors of preston the role of mayor is largely ceremonial in preston political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council the leaders since 1974 have been councillor party from to ian hall 29 labour 1974 1976 joe hood 30 31 conservative 1976 1980 ian hall 29 labour 1980 1982 harold parker 32 33 labour 1982 may 1992 david borrow 33 34 labour may 1992 may 1994 valerie wise 35 34 labour may 1994 nov 1995 david borrow 36 labour dec 1995 1997 peter rankin 37 labour 1997 2000 ian hall 38 labour 2000 2003 john collins 39 40 41 labour 15 may 2003 16 may 2007 ken hudson 40 30 conservative 16 may 2007 may 2011 peter rankin 42 43 labour 18 may 2011 may 2018 matthew brown 44 labour 17 may 2018 composition edit following the 2026 election and a subsequent defection the composition of the council was 45 party councillors labour 21 liberal democrats 14 reform 5 conservative 3 green 2 your party 1 independent 2 total 48 the next election is due in may 2027 46 premises edit the council is based at preston town hall on lancaster road which was built in 1934 for the old county borough council 47 48 elections edit see also preston city council elections since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 48 councillors representing 16 wards with each ward electing three councillors elections are held three years out of every four with a third of the council one councillor for each ward being elected at a time for a four year term lancashire county council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no city council elections 49 wider politics edit following boundary changes introduced for the 2024 general election the city of preston is divided between two parliamentary constituencies the electoral wards of greyfriars preston rural east preston rural north and sharoe green form part of the ribble valley constituency the rest of the city forms the preston constituency between 2010 and 2024 the city of preston was divided between three westminster constituencies namely preston wyre and preston north and fylde historically preston has been divided between such constituencies as preston north preston south and fylde south although until 1885 it comprised one constituency called preston which actually included most of west lancashire geography edit physical geography edit topography of the city of preston the city of preston district is a transitional region between coastal plain river valley and moorland the west of the district lies within the flat coastal plain of the fylde the southern border is the river ribble which meanders through a flood plain in a wide steep sided valley the northeast of the district lies within the forest of bowland area of outstanding natural beauty the highest point is the summit of beacon fell at 266 m 873 ft above sea level an isolated fell two miles south of the main range of bowland fells just outside the district boundaries the lowest point lies on the river ribble in the southwest corner of the district the ribble here is tidal and therefore virtually at sea level the course of the river west of preston was artificially straightened in the 19th century to ease passage of shipping to the docks the southern one third of the district most of which is covered by preston and its suburbs drains into savick brook running east to west and then turning south into the ribble the lowest section of the brook has been widened into the ribble link which connects the lancaster canal to the ribble the central and northern parts of the district drain into south and west flowing tributaries of the river brock itself a tributary of the wyre whose estuary is at fleetwood the brock forms part of the district boundary on the west and north sides of beacon fell a small part of the district along the eastern boundary drains into the east flowing river loud a tributary of the hodder the lowland area in the north and east of the district between beacon fell and the fylde is a dairy farming area particularly noted for its cheesemaking dairies six of the ten lancashire cheese dairies listed on the british cheese board s website in 2011 are located in the city of preston district and the other four are only a few miles outside 50 beacon fell traditional lancashire cheese is a protected designation of origin cheese named after beacon fell 51 at 53 45 n 2 42 w 53 750 n 2 700 w 53 750 2 700 preston city centre is approximately 27 miles north west of manchester 26 miles north east of liverpool and 15 miles east of the coastal town blackpool like most of inland lancashire preston receives a higher than uk average total of rainfall and is slightly colder on 10 august 1893 preston entered the uk weather records with the highest 5 min total rainfall of 32 mm as of november 2008 this remains a record 52 see also preston lancashire climate demography edit population pyramid of the city of preston in 2020 ethnicity edit preston is a diverse city although the majority of the ethnic minorities are south asians in particular indians the ethnic makeup of preston based on the 2011 census is as follows 66 1 white british 0 6 white irish 5 6 other white 3 0 mixed race 12 9 indian 5 1 pakistani 0 5 bangladeshi 1 2 other asian 0 6 black caribbean 1 6 black african 0 6 other black 0 5 chinese 0 8 arab and 1 1 other 53 ethnic group 1981 estimations 54 1991 55 2001 56 2011 57 2021 53 number number number number number white total 111 083 91 113 209 89 8 110 848 85 5 112 415 80 2 107 321 72 6 white british 107 810 83 1 106 242 75 8 97 715 66 1 white irish 1 539 1 178 923 0 6 white gypsy or irish traveller 111 114 0 1 white roma 248 0 2 white other 1 499 4 884 8 321 5 6 asian or asian british total 10 703 8 5 15 613 12 21 732 15 5 29 815 20 2 asian or asian british indian 8 205 11 436 14 421 19 047 12 9 asian or asian british pakistani 1 722 2 746 4 425 7 554 5 1 asian or asian british bangladeshi 176 308 375 758 0 5 asian or asian british chinese 195 546 1 235 707 0 5 asian or asian british other asian 405 577 1 276 1 749 1 2 black or black british total 1 529 1 2 1 182 0 9 1 676 1 2 3 489 2 4 black or black british caribbean 902 878 865 827 0 6 black or black british african 122 216 661 2 355 1 6 black or black british other black 505 88 150 827 0 6 mixed or british mixed total 1 737 1 3 3 326 2 4 4 367 3 0 mixed white and black caribbean 950 1 627 1 759 1 2 mixed white and black african 97 300 506 0 3 mixed white and asian 450 931 1 321 0 9 mixed other mixed 240 468 781 0 5 other total 641 0 5 253 0 2 1 053 0 8 2 842 1 9 other arab 626 1 157 0 8 other any other ethnic group 641 0 5 253 0 2 427 1 685 1 1 ethnic minority total 10 999 9 12 873 10 2 18 785 14 5 27 787 19 8 40 513 27 4 total 122 082 100 126 082 100 129 633 100 140 202 100 147 834 100 child poverty edit in 2008 a survey revealed that 50 of all children living in the city were living in families suffering from financial depression an estimated 15 380 youngsters were part of the families on the breadline the campaign to end child poverty report defined children in poverty as children living in homes where occupants work less than 16 hours a week or not at all or where the full amount of tax credit is being claimed the city was one of the most severely affected areas of the north west outside liverpool and manchester with 21 of children in the city living in households which were completely workless and a further 29 in families struggling to get by with working tax credits the two worst affected areas of the city were the deepdale and st george s wards where 75 and 77 of children respectively were said to be living in poverty 58 needs update jamea masjid close to preston city centre religion edit the city of preston lies in the roman catholic diocese of lancaster and the anglican diocese of blackburn in july 2016 st ignatius church in preston which had been gifted by the catholic diocese of lancaster to the syro malabar catholic community was raised to the status of a cathedral by pope francis it now serves as the seat of the syro malabar catholic eparchy of great britain 59 60 the 2001 census recorded 72 of the population as christians 10 as having no religion and 8 as muslim 61 the hindu and sikh populations were smaller at 3 and 0 6 respectively but in both cases this represented the highest percentage of any local authority area in the north west 2 of the 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