Districts of Preston

Preston is a city of Lancashire, England. The districts of Preston vary in size and shape, many of which reflect the districts developed from former villages and boroughs which now lie within the boundaries of the city of Preston. Districts of Preston have little administrative purpose: for local elections voters in each return either two, or three, councillors to Town Hall. For the purposes of national General elections, the parliamentary constituencies representing the city use the electoral districts as "building bricks"

Present day divisions

The City of Preston is divided into 22 wards, which are used in the creation of "Area Forums", local consultative bodies organised by city council; and also the composition of parliamentary constituencies.

Electors in each ward return two, or three, electors to Town Hall in elections, results of which can be found at Preston local elections.

Since 2010, the City of Preston has been covered by three parliamentary constituencies, Preston, Wyre and Preston North and Fylde. Those wards formerly within the Ribble Valley constituency, on the whole, now form the southern flank of the newly created constituency of Wyre and Preston North.

The wards are used to build electoral divisions for elections to Lancashire County Council.

Map	County Council division	Ward	Area forum	Parishes	Other places	Parliamentary constituency (from 2010)
	Preston Rural	1. Preston Rural North	Rural	Barton	Newsham	Wyre and Preston North
				Goosnargh	Beacon Fell, Inglewhite, Whitechapel
				Whittingham	Goosnargh, Cumeragh Village
				Woodplumpton	Catforth, Eaves, Higher Bartle, Nog Tow
		2. Preston Rural East		Broughton	Fernyhalgh
				Grimsargh	Elston
				Haighton	Cow Hill, Haighton Green, Haighton Top
	Preston North	3. Cadley	North (Fulwood)	unparished area (Preston)	Nooklands
		4. Greyfriars
	Preston North East	5. Garrison			Fulwood Row, Ladyewell
		6. Sharoe Green			Sherwood
	Preston Central North	7. College
		8. Deepdale	East		Holme Slack	Preston
		9. Moor Park	Central
	Preston Central South	10. St George's			Adelphi
		11. Tulketh			Lane Ends, Maudlands
		12. University			Adelphi, Maudlands
	Preston City	13. Riversway			Broadgate, Christ Church
		14. Town Centre			Avenham, Frenchwood, Winckley Square
	Preston West	15. Ingol	West		Tanterton
		16. Lea		Lea	Cottam, Lea Town	Fylde
	Preston North West	17. Ashton		unparished area (Preston)		Preston
		18. Larches			Savick
	Preston South East	19. Fishwick	East		Farringdon Park
		20. St Matthew's
	Preston East	21. Brookfield
		22. Ribbleton			Farringdon Park, Grange, Red Scar, Ribbleton Hall

The wards of Preston Rural North, Preston Rural East and Lea are parished: they contain parish councils with their own structure and elected councillors. All the other wards lie in an unparished area and are governed directly by Preston City Council.

Comparison of areas called "Preston"

The name "Preston" is associated with a number of different areas that are related to the city:

Name	Preston	City of Preston	Preston (sub-division of Preston Urban Area)	Preston Urban Area	PRESTON	PR postcode area also known as Preston postcode area
Map	shown within the City of Preston		shown with the parishes of the City of Preston	shown within Central Lancashire	shown within the PR postcode area
Type	unparished area	local government district	subdivision of an ONS urban area	ONS urban area	post town	postcode area
Population (2001)	112,019[1]	129,633[2]	184,836[3]	264,601[3]
Extent	Preston city centre, Fulwood, Ribbleton, Ashton-on-Ribble, Ingol	Preston (unparished area), Barton, Broughton, Grimsargh, Goosnargh, Haighton, Lea, Whittingham, Woodplumpton	urban parts of Preston (unparished area), Cottam, Lea, Grimsargh, Penwortham, Bamber Bridge, Walton-le-Dale, Clayton Brook, Whittle-le-Woods, Walton Summit, Farrington, Lostock Hall, Tardy Gate	urban parts of Preston, Leyland, Chorley, Euxton, Wymott Prison including contiguous urban suburbs	postcode districts PR1–PR5	PRESTON, CHORLEY, SOUTHPORT, LEYLAND post towns

References

1. ^ City of Preston: 129,633. "Neighbourhood Statistics: Preston (Local Authority)", Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
   The population for the unparished area of Preston is calculated by subtracting the populations of the three rural Middle Layer Super Output Areas, Preston 001 (5,472), Preston 002 (6,347) and Preston 010 (5,795).
   "Preston 001 (Middle Layer Super Output Area)", Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
   "Preston 002 (Middle Layer Super Output Area)", Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
   "Preston 010 (Middle Layer Super Output Area)", Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
2. ^ "Neighbourhood Statistics: Preston (Local Authority)", Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
3. ^ ^{a b} (2004) “Census 2001: Key Statistics for urban areas in the North“, ‘‘Office for National Statistics‘‘, ISBN 0 11 621744 8 , Table KS01, p.24. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

External links

• Preston City Council website
• Former ward divisions
• Current ward divisions