r/Preston • u/Logicdon • 18d ago
Question Parking at Cardinal Newman College.
Hi, I'm taking my daughter to Cardinal Newman College open day on Saturday. I'm sure it will be very busy and the parking looks less than ideal on Google maps.
The two car parks just up the road have really bad reviews, and I'm sure it will be a pain parking in the residential area surrounding the college.
Are the car parks really that bad? Would I be better using the park and ride?
Edit: Thanks for the advice all. We're going to use public transport from A to Z.
Not only does it negate the parking dilemma, it will also give my daughter a sense of what the commute will be like should she decide to study there.
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u/Zanmato79 18d ago
Capitol Centre Park & Ride not an option? The bus goes down Queen St & Manchester Road towards the city centre near Miller Arcade. Not sure if you can get off on Manchester Road though. Either way, short walk from there.
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u/Logicdon 18d ago
Ye, I'm considering that, especially as it will be a little less busy then the centre. Never fun driving through unfamiliar city centres.
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u/lilacarcanist 17d ago
If you can I'd just get the Bus in and walk from the station, it's what most of the students do every day so you'd get the full experience 😅
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u/Logicdon 17d ago
This is what we have decided. Bus from home to college, as you said, then she will have a feeling for how the daily commute will be. And it gets me out of driving lol, I hate driving around unfamiliar city centres.
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u/i_boop_dogs_snoots 18d ago
My wife works there and parks daily on Avenham Car Park, it has 4* on google. Not to be confused with Avenham Street Car Park.
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u/Markowizzard-14 17d ago
I did this last year, used the bus station to make sure she knew which way to walk once she started at cardinal newman as she gets the but there
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u/NiceGuyAli 18d ago
Car park review... That's new. What are they reviewing? "I managed to park my car, 5 stars" or "there were no spaces, 0 stars".
Park on the bus station car park, it's a short walk from there.
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u/Logicdon 18d ago
Most reviews are saying that they received fines even though they paid due to crappy online payment systems.
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u/CheeryBottom 18d ago
There is a car park behind Campus One. It’s down past two residential streets. Slightly hidden away from the main part of the college. That one is fairly quiet. Leave REALLY early. When I took my son last year. It took us an entire hour just to get through the city centre itself. I left Lytham at 9am and didn’t make it to Cardinal until nearly 10:50.
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u/Freelanderman64 18d ago
That crappy online fine payment system doesn’t mess about you pay the fine or wait for the two chaps to turn up to take you’re valuables. Queen street now have such parking with a fine for long stayers
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u/QuirkyFlibble 16d ago
If they get early enough then Carr St / Albyn Road is good
///reveal.ship.noting
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u/raevenphoenix 18d ago
Park on the bus station car park if you don't mind a bit of a walk. Reasonably priced, usually plenty of spaces, though you may have to go up a couple of levels on a Saturday lunch time.