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Step through historic doors into some of Preston’s fascinating buildings Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 September 2019 Events from Friday 13 to Sunday 22 September

www.visitpreston.com Discover Dob Croft Archives Welcome to Preston Intact, 49 Whitby Avenue, Jeremiah Horrocks Bow Lane, PR1 2RE and 30 fascinating , PR2 3YP Observatory Moor Park, off heritage sites with The Archives are marking the Dob Croft nature reserve is on the /Garstang Roads PR1 1NN Peterloo massacre in 1819 with stories to tell. site of the former brickworks in Ingol, and displays of the personal papers of orator home to the Great Crested Newt. Tours of Visit the observatory in Moor Park, named Henry Hunt, and magistrate William Hulton, Dob Croft, a history talk, and family friendly after the Lancashire astronomer who who ordered the yeomanry intervention. Explore the city centre and activities reveal the natural, industrial and first observed the transit of Venus. It was Take a tour behind the scenes and see more built in 1927 and houses a historic Cooke beyond, and discover places and social heritage of this site. treasures in a strongroom. Listen to creative 8 inch refractor telescope, and displays of responses to Peterloo at 2pm. history you never knew about 2 – 5pm meteorites and astronomical history. Preston 10am – 3.30pm Preston. > Access: Accessible toilets at Intact. Level and District Astronomical Society will give short talks on astronomy and, weather gravel path on reserve. 10.15am, 11.15am, 12.15pm, 1.15pm permitting, show visitors solar observing. Share your experiences Also open Friday 13 September 11am – 2pm Access: Lift access to all areas. Accessible toilets Fishwick Bottoms - Saturday 10am – 2.30pm The Archives are open Tuesday-Friday #HODsPreston a Rubbish History and 2nd Saturday of the month Sunday 10am – 2.30pm​ Fishwick Recreation Ground, www.lancashire.gov.uk/archives > Access: Fully accessible Saturday 14 September London Road, PR1 4AP Discover the heritage underlying Fishwick Kennington Primary Local Nature Reserve from the ice age to the ‘Bubble’ classroom Church Cottage Museum Vikings, Oliver Cromwell, an apple orchard and Kennington Road, Church Lane, off Garstang Road old brickworks. Meet at the Recreation Ground Fulwood, PR2 8ER Broughton, PR3 5JB car park for a 2–3 hour walk. Wear sturdy shoes and suitable clothes for the weather. The ‘bubble’ classroom was the first fully Church Cottage 1pm structural plastic building in Britain. It was a Museum is a 16th century gem, prototype for pre-fabricated mass-produced telling the story of the building’s > Access: Steep slopes & steps in some areas. schools, but the oil crisis in 1973 made many lives as a Tudor dwelling, an 18th Accessible toilet. plastic buildings too costly. It remains a century inn, a Victorian schoolroom and a one-off, now Grade 2 listed. 20th century home. With St John Baptist Lancashire , 10am – 12 noon Parish Church and the National School, Art Gallery and Library Conservation now the primary school, it forms the Market Square, PR1 2PP > Access: Fully accessible Studios Broughton Village Heritage Centre. St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s 12 noon – 5pm The Grade I listed Harris Street, PR1 5LN > Access: Steps to ground and first floors is full of intriguing details - with original radiators, mosaic floors and Tour the museum conservation studios in an http://broughtonparish.org.uk/church- early Victorian church, where historic objects cottage-museum/ ironwork. Visit the Egyptian balcony with its stunning views through the building. and art are cleaned and restored. Relax in Queues likely. Also open on Wednesday 18 the surrounding wildlife garden with graves Icon Key Booking Details September 5.30 – 7.30pm. telling stories of hard times in Preston. Building 10am – 5pm Building open and object identifications on Tour Times Opening Times Egyptian Balcony 1 – 3pm Wednesday 18 September 6 – 8pm. Saturday 10am – 4pm > Access: Egyptian Balcony is up steep, Refreshments Toilets narrow steps. Every 30 minutes www.theharris.org.uk Suitable Age Parking > Access: Full access to studios. Gravel paths in graveyard. Accessible toilet. Lancashire Infantry Museum Preston Masonic Hall St George’s Church , Watling Street Ashlar House, Saul Between Lune Street and Road, PR2 8AB Street, PR1 2QU Friargate, PR1 2NP

Visit the museum and meet The Masonic Hall St George’s is tucked away soldiers from the American War of opened in 1944 on the site of a behind the shopping centre that takes Independence and World War I. Take a tour Methodist Church – the 1860 Sunday School its name. The Grade 2* listed church is of the usually inaccessible Barracks, built gable is still visible. Visit the lodge rooms and the oldest surviving in Preston. after the 1842 Plug riots. Find out about the museum, see Masonic regalia and discover It was built in 1725–26 as a chapel of ease to buildings’ important role in the history of the the history and role of masons in Preston. St John’s Church, Preston, and enlarged in Garrison city of Preston. 1799. The stone exterior was added in 1843, Courtesy of BDP Saturday 10am – 4pm 11am – 4pm On the hour just before St George’s became a parish in its Station > Access: Steps to entrance and some areas. own right. Further work added the chancel, a 10.30am, 12 noon and 2pm remodelled nave and a gallery. Tithebarn Street, PR1 1YT Ramp access at side. Accessible toilet. > Photo ID needed. Please check Saturday 10am – 4pm Sunday 1 – 4pm museum website for up-to-date is arrangements. 50 years old this year. Fishergate, PR1 8AP > Access: Full wheelchair access. Accessible > Access: Full access except Chapel Now Grade 2 listed, it was saved toilet. Disabled parking. The Museum is open The first station was from demolition after a 13-year campaign. Tuesday–Thursday and Saturday built in 1838, and the Join a tour led by one of the campaigners St Michael and www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk current building is from 1880. to explore this internationally significant All Angels Church The central platform was then building, designed by local architects Moor Park Heritage Walk larger than any major London terminal. Road, BDP. The recent restoration won several Off Blackpool/Garstang Roads, By World War I there were 15 platforms, and Ashton-on-Ribble, PR2 1AJ RIBA awards. The exhibition Beautiful and PR1 1NN in both wars a volunteer-run buffet in the Brutal: 50 Years of Preston Bus Station is at waiting room provided free refreshments for This Grade 2* listed, red sandstone the Harris 21 September – 24 November. Join a guided walk round the servicemen. Meet at the front of the station. building dates from 1908. Wander round Grade 2* listed Moor Park, one of the first 11am, 12noon, 2pm, 3pm 11am, 1pm, 3pm the gardens and enjoy a self-guided tour municipal parks, laid out in the 1830s. Essential Online at Eventbrite – inside the church, including an exhibition > Access: Full wheelchair access via ramps about the Lancaster architects, Austin and From Horses to Hospitals – discover In Certain Places and lift. Accessible toilet. Guild celebrations, horseracing, and the > Access: Partial wheelchair access Paley and piano recitals. Find out about refurbished grotto and decorative gardens. Alice Livesey, commemorated in the Lady Chapel. Church history on sale. Meet at the Observatory. Preston Markets Lancaster Road, PR1 2RL 10am – 4pm 11.15am Heritage Tour Box Market, Birley Street, PR1 2PT Visit the Council Chamber at the > Access: Fully accessible > Access: Partial wheelchair access. heart of the Grade 2 listed Town www.stmichaelspreston.co.uk Accessible toilet. Disabled parking. Discover the ever-evolving history Hall and discover how local decisions are St Peter’s Church – of Preston’s markets – including the Market made there. See the splendid civic regalia Hall and Box Market under the Grade 2 listed and learn about its fascinating history. And UCLan Arts Centre Don’t miss canopies built in 1875 and 1925. The tour is visit the Mayor in his Parlour. St Peter’s Square, off Fylde led by the Senior Market Manager and lasts 10am, 11.30am Road, PR1 2HE more Sunday about an hour. Free drinks voucher to use in > Access: Full wheelchair access via lift. St Peter’s is a Grade 2* listed ‘Waterloo’ Preston Markets at the end of the tour. Meet Accessible toilet. church – financed by an act of Parliament openings over at Market Office. after the Napoleonic Wars – with fine 10am, 12 noon Scan the QR code interior ironwork decoration. Now used as the page! an Arts Centre at the University of Central Essential. Call 01772 906048 or to find out more Lancashire, so some features are restricted. email [email protected] More information information about 11am – 3pm about all the openings at > Access: Full wheelchair access all the openings. > Access: From Adelphi Street only, www.heritageopendays.org.uk through campus to north side of church. St Walburge’s Winckley Square Gardens Broughton Walks Preston Playhouse Church off Fishergate, PR1 3JJ Church car park, off Market Street West, PR1 2HB Weston Street, off Garstang Road, Broughton Pedder Street, PR2 2QE Discover Preston’s only Join a guided tour of the theatre Georgian square in five Discover the history of the village including backstage and technical Discover Preston’s Grade I listed church, guided walks covering the stories of former of Broughton with two guided walks. A areas and see a stage set under construction. named after a female 8th-century English residents, the extraordinary women who lived Village at War explores the role of Broughton Find out about the history of the building – saint. Climb the highest parish church spire and worked in the Square, the life of suffragette people and places in wartime. The Story formerly a Friends Meeting House. in the UK for panoramic views over Preston. Edith Rigby, a Regency promenade revealing of a Village brings to life the history of 10am – 4pm Display of 19th-century embroidered how the square has changed, and a tour of the Broughton-in-Amounderness and its people > Access: Wheelchair access to ground floor banners. The Church Hall will be open serving gardens. Heritage exhibitions on display. over the centuries. Both walks start at the only. Tour involves three floors with no lift. refreshments. Also open 21 September and Saturday 10 walks 11am – 3pm church car park at the south of the village. Disabled parking. Accessible toilet. every Saturday 12noon – 1pm. Sunday 7 walks 11am – 2.30pm Wartime Sunday 15 1pm www.prestonplayhouse.co.uk Saturday 11.30am – 2.30pm See Eventbrite for details. Village Sunday 22 1pm Sunday 2 – 5pm Preferred: Online at Eventbrite or ring Preferred: Email [email protected] Saturday 21 September > Access: Steps to Presbytery. Spire 01772 254395 or email patricia@ or text 07803 044238 accessed by spiral staircase. winckley.org.uk > Access: Please contact Bookings organiser > Access: Guided walks can be adapted to St Thomas of Canterbury & the English Martyrs Church St Wilfrid’s Church Plau Gin and Beer House Garstang Road, PR1 1NA Chapel Street, off Fishergate, Sunday 15 September 115 Friargate, PR1 2EE PR1 8BU EW Pugin designed this large Grade 2 and Miller Parks Take a tour of one of listed, Gothic-style church which opened St Wilfrid’s is a Grade 2* Heritage Walk Preston’s oldest buildings, in 1867 and features impressive altars, sanctuary, stained glass and a later War listed Jesuit church, which opened Avenham Walk, built 350 years ago, whose history in 1793. Father ‘Daddy’ Dunn, who has been revealed by recent restoration. From Memorial Chapel. Refreshments served in Avenham Lane, PR1 3TS the adjacent hall. made Preston the first gas-lit town outside the medieval well and gin distillery in the Saturday 11am – 3pm London, was the driving force behind its These fine Victorian parks lie side by side on the cellar to a rare reed ceiling on the top floor, the > Access: construction. Originally a simple and discreet north bank of the Ribble. The tour lasts about former Plough Inn has links to key events in Very limited parking in front of church. Full access. Disabled toilet. building, it was remodelled in the late 19th 90 minutes and reveals their history and visits Preston’s history. Also tours at 6pm on Monday century both internally and externally. key features, including the statue of Lord Derby 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 September. Saturday 1.30 – 5pm tarred and feathered by local suffragettes. Meet 11am, 2pm Sunday 22 September Sunday 1 – 4pm at Avenham Walk at the top of the park. > Access: Over several floors with further stepped > Access: Full wheelchair access. Accessible toilet. changes of level. Ambulant accessible toilet only. 11am Haslam Park > Access: UCLan Special Steep slopes in some areas of the parks. Preston Cemetery Heritage Walks Collections Preston Cleansing New Hall Lane, PR1 4SY Blackpool Road, Ashton-on- Askew House, Department Ribble, PR2 1JE Corporation Street, PR1 2HE Argyll Road, PR1 6JY The cemetery opened in 1855 when many of Preston’s overcrowded Haslam Park was given to the people of Discover nearly 200 years of the University Discover the fascinating history churchyards were closed by Act of Parliament. Preston by Mary Haslam, daughter of a of ’s own archives along of dealing with Preston’s rubbish, on the site Join a one-hour guided tour visiting the newly local millowner. It was designed by Thomas with the largest collection of Temperance of an early ‘manure depot’. Tour the former listed Grade 2 Abstinence Memorial, and the Mawson, the celebrated Edwardian architect. material in the UK, illustrated books and ‘refuse destructor’ built in the 1880s to graves of famous and infamous Prestonians, Heritage displays at the former Bowls scientific and engineering journals. collect, sort and burn waste. The stables for such as Joseph Livesey, the founder of Pavilions. Meet there for guided walks about 11am – 3pm the council’s horses still have their original teetotalism and Matthew Brown, the brewer. the Park and . > Access: Stepped access and limited internal space. fittings. Meet outside reception building. 11am, 12 noon, 1pm 10am – 4pm Sturdy shoes only. Share your experiences > Access: Uneven paths. Suitable for wheelchair 11am Canal, 2pm Park 10am, 11am, 1pm users with assistance. Disabled parking. #HODsPreston > Access: Full wheelchair access. > Access: Slopes and rough paths in some areas.