Preston's best historic pubs: I asked Lancashire readers what their favourite boozers were from down the years
By Jack Marshall
Published 24th Aug 2023, 16:34 BST
Updated 9th May 2024, 11:51 BST
Famously, Preston once boasted 460 pubs.
And while that is, unfortunately, no longer the case after years of seemingly constant pub-closures (there are now fewer than 30,000 pubs in the entire UK), we decided that what better way to enjoy a trip down memory lane than by taking a look through our best archive pictures of forgotten Preston pubs from eras gone by.
I asked Lancashire Post readers what some of their old favourite haunts might be, and here are some of their suggestions...
A little of the beaten track of the city centre, but an important local meeting spot of Ingol was the John O'Gaunt pub. This one closed down in 2014 Photo: National World
Here we have Lionels, but it is better known to the folk of Preston as the Guild Tavern. Many will have graced the doors of this town centre pub over the years. But it closed its doors in 2006 and was later turned into student accommodation Photo: Donna Clifford
Being situated at various addresses along Grimshaw Street in the city centre, the Dog and Pheasant finished up at number 12. It was always a popular establishment and later changed its name to Oblivion. It was then that the pub became a mainstay of the LGBT+ scene in the 90s and 00s. It served its last drinks in 2018 and plans were tabled for the pub, along with a number of other buildings along Grimshaw Street, to be transformed into apartments Photo: National World
On Lovat Road sat the Lovat Road pub, used by regulars who lived in the immediate area. That wasn't enough to sustain it though and it closed in 2004 and is now used as living accommodation Photo: Ian Robinson