8-8A Winckley Sq
Preston PR1 3JD
Charles House · Office Property For Sale

Preston is the third largest city in the North West of England after Manchester and Liverpool. Preston is the main administrative and retailing centre within the county of Lancashire. The city is located in the North West of England, approximately 30 miles North West of Manchester, and it is approximately 40 minutes to Manchester and Liverpool via rail or road. The city benefits from excellent transport infrastructure being located at the M6, M65 and M61 interchange. The city’s railway on the West Coast mainline provides a regular service to London Euston with a fastest journey time of two hours fifteen minutes. Preston’s city centre is the main retail and service centre in Central Lancashire and is ranked first in Lancashire’s sub-region for non-food shopping. The city has 691,617 people living within 20 minutes’ drive time. The city is home to a major University – University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN). The staff and student community of the University exceed 40,000 people, spanning 120 nationalities. Preston is identified nationally as a city with significant prospects for growth and investment. The regeneration of the city is under-pinned by the City Deal. The City Deal will unlock potential through a £434 million new investment to help expand and improve Preston and South Ribble’s transport infrastructure at an unprecedented rate which, together with the delivery of 17,400 new homes and 20,000 new jobs will deliver £3.2 billion investment into the region.