Preston Manor

Preston Manor

Preston is the area near Preston Road tube station in the London Borough of Brent.

Preston Manor or Preston Manor High School is a multicultural school that has a capacity of above 1300 students. The school is a specialist science college. It is a well known school as the prime minister (Gordon Brown) has visited it and has featured on the Five television show called 'How The Other Half Learns'.

John Lyon, founder of the famous Harrow School, was from Preston.

Also, Preston Manor is a stately home in Brighton near the station Preston Park. The house was owned by the Stanford family.

External links

* [http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/prestonm/ Preston Manor High School]
* [http://brentclc.com/ Preston Manor City Learning Centre]


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