Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.756611
longitude= -0.196915
official_name= Preston
population= 3,100 (2001 census)
civil_parish= Preston
unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england= East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster= Beverley and Holderness
post_town= HULL
postcode_district = HU12
postcode_area= HU
dial_code= 01482
os_grid_reference= TA189304

Preston is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately Convert|6|mi|km|lk=on east of Hull city centre it lies just north of the A1033 road on the crossroads between the B1240 and B1362 roads.

The civil parish is formed by the village of Preston and the hamlet of Salt End.

According to the 2001 UK census, Preston parish had a population of 3,100.cite web
url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=791019&c=Preston&d=16&e=15&g=391348&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211221971078&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Preston CP (Parish)
accessdate = 2008-05-19
work = Neighbourhood Statistics
publisher = Office for National Statistics]

The parish church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building.

There is both a primary school (Preston Primary School), which is a Church of England school, and a secondary school, which achieved Technology College status almost a decade ago, and has a sixth form facility joined onto the school, in Preston. South Holderness Technology College serves the surrounding villages of Paull, Hedon, Bilton, Skirlaugh, Keyingham, Thorngumbald, Aldbrough, West Newton, Burton Constable, Sproatley and others.

Preston has three pubs, a pizza takeaway, a Chinese takeaway and a garden centre, with a farm shop. There is also a butcher's shop on the main street, along with the Post Office.

Recently 'Preston South' was marked clearly by the Council, however the two are not geographically all that close, and still stand as two separate areas separated in places by Hedon.

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External links

*IoE|166663 - All Saints' Church