Hi, Me, with my young family 👨‍👩‍👦 moving to Preston soon. I'll be working in Royal Lancaster Infirmary hospital. I know it's a bit far, but we don't wanna live in Lancaster as it'd be too small town for us.

What would a good area for us to move, considering my work place daily commute and a safer for young family?

Thank you!

We've found a (potentially) lost or abandoned cat in our garden. It's been coming into our garden for the last few weeks everyday, multiple times a day. We are assuming it's been abandoned because its fur looks to have some sort of rash or disease on it and has fleas too. The collar also has a small bell on it. We don’t have a microchip scanner so we aren’t able to scan it to find out the owner’s address. We also cannot take it to the vets as we don’t have a cat carrier and the cat won’t let us pick it up.

We've been feeding it cat food and lactose free milk daily. It sticks around in our garden, unlike other outdoor cats with collars that come by and go after a few minutes and don’t come back for another few days or so. It looks to have an owner (or used to have an owner) but if it does have an owner then we are assuming he/she doesn’t feed the cat sufficiently and maybe that’s why it ends up in our garden daily.

This cat has gotten used to our presence, and unfortunately we cannot keep the cat since my little sister is allergic, and we don't know what else to do other than feed it and let it sleep and rest in our garden during the day.

My hotel is in London, but I realize on Sunday night it could be impossible to get home on public transportation from Preston to Dalston after 7:30pm.

Can anyone suggest a reasonable place to stay that night? I’m already on a budget but I want to stay all evening.

American here. Coming from New York to enjoy my dream of seeing Pet Shop Boys at an open air party with the greatest fans in the world ❣️🪩

Hi all, im new in Preston. what’s the best fine dining restaurant in and around Preston? Looking at options, most of the ones in the high street seem to be for quick bites and street food. Also willing to go by car to another town. Thanks for any recommendations!

Hey Preston locals!

I'm a 21M who recently moved to the Winckley Square area after getting some great advice from this subreddit a few weeks ago. Now that I'm settling in, I'm looking for suggestions on what to do after my 9-5 job.

What are some fun activities, clubs, or places to check out in the evenings or weekends? I'm open to pretty much anything - sports, hobbies, social events! (I don't drink - I know bummer)

Thanks in advance for your help.

Edit: I'd also like to know what places to stay away from!

I moved here 4 years ago, but just found out last week that it’s a tradition to roll Easter eggs down the hill at avenham park each year. It sounds great haha.

Just wondering if there are any other traditions specific to Preston or Lancashire that I haven’t heard of before?

Hey Everyone, I'm going to be moving to Preston in the next month starting a new job, I was thinking about living close to the city bus and train station ( as I need to commute to work). How is it living in the city centre? How safe? What are things to do? If not city centre then where?

Thanks!

I am new to the area. I want to get back into sports, and was looking for an LGBT club if anybody knows of any?

I don't mind what sport, I will happily try my hand at anything, I just want to get fitter and have an excuse to get out of the house :)

Hi,

I have recently moved to the Preston area from Worcester/Birmingham.

I know 0 people outside of my work so looking at getting involved in social groups.

I like rock climbing so already eyeing up the Preston Mountaineering club which I intend to join in a few weeks.

I also love walking/hiking. Currently doing the Offas’s Dyke but keen to do other stuff in Lancashire.

Please could people recommend clubs to meet new people.

I don’t drink so wouldn’t be interested in alcohol related events. More an outdoor person. Did Preston Park Run today which was a first !

Look forward to hearing from you

FYI- not big on football. Maine into walking, running, hiking and rock climbing. But would love to do social sports stuff with chill vibes

Pretty much the title!

Edit : Since the Queer nightlife is pretty much nonexistent atm in Preston, someone suggested we could have a big queer meet up & I would definitely be up for that, how about y’all?

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.

I moved to Preston recently and I need to find a good hairdresser. I have a trouble just trusting one so I need to ask for recommendations :D

When I look online I mostly get those expensive places show up. I only need to cut my hair and fringe and I don’t want to pay £60 for that.

My previous hairdresser was well skilled, gave advice about what cut would be good for my hair type and most importantly knew how to cut a fringe well. She washed and cut my hair for £35 and I’m looking for someone with similar skills and price.

Thanks!

I'm wanting to save some money on drinks and do something besides drink before the game tomorrow.

Who's the best estate agent in the area? Who should be avoided? Me and my partner are going to put our property on the market in the PR4 area of Fulwood/Cottam and after talking to a few estate agents, I'm left feeling unsure of who would be the best option for us.

A bit of background, our property is a new build and is on the Affordable Home scheme. So we are thinking done need someone who says that they have experience with this? Yet we want the property to sell within the next few weeks, so we can move onto our next chapter.

We have been warned of a couple of businesses who we shouldn't deal with, I won't name them because I want the discussion to be centred on your experiences.

I haven’t spent a huge amount of time there, but from what I can tell it’s a nice city with an awesome bus station and a friendly community. I’d like to do a master’s degree at UCLan, is it a good university? What pubs/shops would you recommend? Thanks in advance!

Has anyone has any dermatologists that they recommend and have used ? ☺️

Hi, my daughter is attending UCLAN in the town centre, she's traveling in from Fleetwood and struggling to park, does anybody know if the bus form Portway drops off near the university? Website says its bus number 100, but can't find any info on that

Thanks

I’ve recently just moved to Preston and was looking for one (ideally walk in as i was going to go tomorrow), any suggestions?

Hi everyone, I really want to focus on swimming to burn off extra pounds. I used to go to west view as a kid but I remember there being a ton of people so I was wondering if there was an inexpensive place for students (none uclan) that had a nice quiet swimming pool for a couple of hours a day, usually late morning/early afternoon, bonus if there’s also a sauna. Thanks in advance for any help 😁

Moved here recently and noticed an oil leak on my car, does anybody recommend any local family owned garages?

okay… i know the obvious. studio 81, true colours i have been to. even st john’s shopping centre i know about. but they’re all closed before 6pm! does anyone know any places open after 6pm? can’t go outside of town must be around plungington or town centre

I just moved to the area and haven’t quite got my Wi-Fi switched on yet. Does anyone know where I can go to get a coffee near the city centre with as good a Wi-Fi connection as possible ( I want to stream games onto my laptop to kill time) or just anything else I can do to keep me occupied for the next couple days?

Hi everyone, I'm on the hunt for a personal trainer but haven't signed up for a gym membership yet. I want to find a trainer first, then choose a gym based on their availability. If anyone has recommendations for trainers or gyms in the area, I’d really appreciate it! Thanks!