From rave nights to student-favourite superclubs, Preston has been home to some truly iconic venues over the years and, if you were in your clubbing prime during the 80s and 90s, you were lucky enough to enjoy some of the best loved nightspots in the city’s history. Here are a few standout venues – how many of them did you used to frequent?
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![This former cotton mill in Aqueduct Street has undergone a number of changes as a venue and has recent incarnations, featuring a Shisha bar and the Escape Room Preston, where players take part in prison-break type experience. The Mill opened as a nightclub/music club focusing on alternative music in 1998. Some famous names appeared there during its time - including Pete Doherty and Shaun Ryder](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE4NWRhMzIyLTRhZWEtNDAzZi1iM2Q0LTc0YmIzZDMzN2EyMToxNjRiMjZlOC1hODM2LTRlNzgtOGRiNC00MTJlYmNjZjZkZDI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
13. 1980s & 1990s Preston nightclubs
This former cotton mill in Aqueduct Street has undergone a number of changes as a venue and has recent incarnations, featuring a Shisha bar and the Escape Room Preston, where players take part in prison-break type experience. The Mill opened as a nightclub/music club focusing on alternative music in 1998. Some famous names appeared there during its time - including Pete Doherty and Shaun Ryder Photo: RETRO
![This stand-outbuilding has been home to many different nightspots over the years - including old Toms Tavern, Nonno's, Corner Club, and Method. Found on Corporation Street, Preston, it enjoyed a surge of popularity back in the day and was a venue often frequented later in the evening after the pubs had kicked out](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmNkMWUyNjQ5LWQ0OWEtNDFhYi04MzEyLTQyZGZiZTFhNWVlNTpiYmQ2Y2M0NS02YzliLTQyZDEtOTkwOS1lNzlmNjhkMzE1NjI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
14. 1980s & 1990s Preston nightclubs
This stand-outbuilding has been home to many different nightspots over the years - including old Toms Tavern, Nonno's, Corner Club, and Method. Found on Corporation Street, Preston, it enjoyed a surge of popularity back in the day and was a venue often frequented later in the evening after the pubs had kicked out Photo: RETRO
![The ten-foot Art Lab robot creation Gort, designed by Chuck and Allan Deaves, shocks Ian Roberts, left, and Paul Berry. They are pictured outside the Art Lab rave spot. The robot was set to perform in a musical dance at The Mill, Preston](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjAxOGZmNzdhLTc2YTQtNDBiNS04ZDg2LWJmZDIxODU2NGUyMzpkNmUyZTlhMS0yOTU1LTQzNTEtOGZkNS0yMzY4MDJiYmI1YWU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
15. 1980s & 1990s Preston nightclubs
The ten-foot Art Lab robot creation Gort, designed by Chuck and Allan Deaves, shocks Ian Roberts, left, and Paul Berry. They are pictured outside the Art Lab rave spot. The robot was set to perform in a musical dance at The Mill, Preston Photo: RETRO
![On a Friday and Saturday night this room in the Mill, Preston, would be packed with people dancing and chatting](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUxOGY5NWVlLTUyYTctNGE3ZC05ODdiLWQ1MzZlZjFiMTYyZTo4OTNmMWRiZS0xYzczLTRhOTAtOWY5MC05NDVjNTA5ZDA1YjU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
16. 1980s & 1990s Preston nightclubs
On a Friday and Saturday night this room in the Mill, Preston, would be packed with people dancing and chatting Photo: RETRO