Gregson Lane

Infobox UK place
official_name= Gregson Lane
country= England
region= North West England
os_grid_reference=SD591265
post_town= PRESTON
postcode_area= PR
postcode_district= PR5
dial_code= 01254
constituency_westminster= Ribble Valley
shire_district=South Ribble
shire_county=Lancashire
latitude= 53.733
longitude= -2.619

Gregson Lane is a village in Lancashire, England. The village is situated between Bamber Bridge, Higher Walton, Coupe Green and Brindle, and is within four miles of the city of Preston.

Administratively the village is in South Ribble borough and Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency.

It is sometimes described as part of Hoghton, as Royal Mail does not recognise it as a separate village, however it is administratively and geographically separate. The village is in the Gregson Lane & Coupe Green ward which elects two councillors, At the May 2007 election, councillors were elected from the Idle Toad and Conservative parties. [ [http://www.southribble.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/10/May_2007_Election_Results.pdf South Ribble Borough Council ] ]

The bus service founded in the village in 1910 became the first service operated by the newly formed Ribble Motor Services in 1919 [ [http://ibase.lancashire.gov.uk/index.php?a=subjects&s=item&key=SYToyOntpOjA7aTo1ODA7aToxO3M6MTk6IkJ1c2VzIGFuZCBPbW5pYnVzZXMiO30=&pg=6 Subjects - Lancashire Lantern ] ] , which was a major operator of buses throughout Lancashire until taken over by the Stagecoach Group in the 1980s and renamed Stagecoach in Lancashire, becoming the Lancashire division of Stagecoach North West.

Gregson Lane is also known for the folk club which started in 1988. [ [http://www.gregsonlane.co.uk Gregson Lane Folk Club ] ]

Gregson Lane is often mistaken for a road, but it is actually a village, however at the centre there is a road called "Gregson Lane" where there is still one remaining pub, The Black Horse. Previously there was a pub called "The Castle" but this has now been demolished and turned into a small housing estate.

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