But while many places can lay claim to excellent housing, good transport links and wonderful green spaces, not everywhere has the one thing which earmarks this city from many others - the people who live here.
Friendly, humble and above all welcoming, it is the good folk of Preston who ultimately make it what it is.
People travel from across the world to get involved - many of them returning home just to be a part of it.
Nowhere else has this and it’s a tradition that has been going since 1179, so see you all here in 2032!
