Please note: Some locations may have entry restrictions depending on times and days.

Start point: Christchurch War Memorial, Registration Office, PR1 8ND.

The Christchurch War Memorial is a stone wheel cross situated in the open. It features brass plaques inscribed with the names of those who fell in WWI and WWII.

Follow the trail for the Sailors' and Soldiers' Free Buffet plaque With the Christchurch War Memorial on your left, walk until you reach Fishergate Hill and turn left. Continue up Fishergate Hill until you reach Preston Train Station on your right. Walk down Station Walk towards the train station entrance. You will find the plaque in the station's waiting area

1 Sailors' and Soldiers' Free Buffet plaque, Preston Train Station, Fishergate, PR1 8AP.

These three plaques in Preston Train Station's waiting room commemorate the waiting room's Sailors' and Soldiers' Free Buffet during the Great War.

The free buffet was established by local women and provided refreshments and comfort for servicemen passing through the station, all with the help of volunteers.

Follow the trail for the Preston Pals plaque You will find the Preston Pals memorial plaque between platforms 3 and 4.

Preston Pals memorial plaque, Preston Train Station, Fishergate, PR1 8AP.

Between platforms 3 and 4 in Preston Train Station, this memorial plaque honours the Preston Pals. These were men who volunteered to fight in WWI within the 7th Battalion of the Loyal North Regiment.

The memorial was created through a board of trustees established by Andrew Mather, due to there being no memorial to the Preston Pals. The plaque honours the men who left the railway station on their fateful journeys.

2 Follow the trail for the Leach Family Thanksgiving Memorial Statue Leaving the train station where you entered, continue back to Fishergate, cross over the road and turn right. Continue along Fishergate until you come to Lune Street on your left. Turn down Lune Street and follow the footpath until you come to George's Road on your right. On George's Road you will find St George's Church, with the Leach family memorial inside.

Leach Memorial Statue, St George's Church, George's Road, PR1 2NP.

This statue was given to the Church of St Mary, , by the Leach Family. It was given as an act of Thanksgiving for the safe return of the sons from the Great War. The statue was then moved to the Baptistry for a short time in the 1990s after a re-ordering of the church. After this the statue was housed in the the Church of St George the Martyr, where it still lives today.

Stay in the church to spot the stained glass window.

Stained glass window, St George's Church, George's Road, PR1 2NP.

This beautiful stained glass window is dedicated to the Holy Trinity's fallen men during WWI and WWII.

The brass plaques beneath the window list the Holy Trinity Church's war dead and were transferred to the Church of St George the Martyr in 1952 after the Holy Trinity Church closed.

3 Follow the trail for the Cenotaph Leaving St George's Church, head back to Lune Street and turn right then right again towards Friargate. When on Friargate turn right and continue until you come to Preston Flag Market with the Cenotaph.

Cenotaph, Preston Flag Market, PR1 2PP.

The Cenotaph was paid for by public donations in memory of the men of Preston who lost their lives in WWI. The structure was unveiled in 1926 and underwent a restoration project in 2013, standing proud over the Flag Market in memory of some 2,000 men who tragically lost their lives in the Great War. It was designed by architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, whose father Sir George Gilbert Scott designed Preston’s first town hall, before it mysteriously burned down. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott also designed the iconic red telephone box; a design which can also be seen to the left of the Cenotaph, down the side of the old Post Office building, in the longest row of red telephone boxes in England.

Follow the trail for the Roll of Honour Turn towards the Harris Museum & Art Gallery and enter the entrance closest to you, to your left. You will find the Roll of Honour at the bottom of both sets of stairs inside the building.

Roll of Honour, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Market Square, PR1 2PP.

The Harris houses Preston's Roll of Honour which lists 1,956 Preston men who lost their lives during WWI.

Unveiled in 1927, the Roll of Honour is located on the ground floor of the museum in two sections on both staircases.

Follow the trail for Preston Grammar School Boys Memorial plaque Exit the Harris from the doorway opposite to the one you entered through and turn left towards Lancaster Road. When you come to Lancaster Road, turn right and follow the road until you come to Church Street. You will see Preston Minster across the road to the left, this is where the Minster's memorials are kept.

4 Memorial plaque, Preston Minster, Church Street, PR1 3BT. This dark wooden plaque records the names of the Preston Grammar School Boys who fell during the Great War. This was originally hung in the school hall of the Preston Grammar School on Moor Park Avenue. When the school closed in 1967 the memorial was relocated to St John's Parish Church (Preston Minster). The memorial window, however, remains in the school building on Moor Park Avenue.

Stay in Preston Minster to spot the 2nd Battalion of Loyal North Lancashire Great War memorial.

Memorial plaque, Preston Minster, Church Street, PR1 3BT.

This large brass plaque hangs in Preston Minster, commemorating the fallen of the 2nd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in the Great War.

Stay in Preston Minster to spot the St John's Parish memorial.

5 Memorial plaque, Preston Minster, Church Street, PR1 3BT.

This plaque is a memorial dedicated to the men of the parish who fell in the Great War.

Follow the trail for St Wilfrid's war plaques When leaving Preston Minster, turn left until you come to Chapel Street, also on your left. Turn down Chapel Street and stop at St Wilfrid's Church on your left.

War memorials, St Wilfrid's Church, Chapel Street, PR1 8BU.

Inside St Wilfrid's Church, on either side of the crucified Christ, are two marble memorial plaques, along with marble floor plaques. These plaques commemorate the fallen men of St Wilfrid's Parish and the old boys of Preston Catholic in WWI and WWII.

Follow the trail for the Boer War obelisk in Park With Fishergate behind you and St Wilfrid's to your left, walk down Chapel Street and pass Gardens on your left. Pass East Cliff on your right and enter the Avenham Park entrance on Ribblesdale Place in front of you. Continue on the park's footpath downhill and then straight ahead, where you will see the obelisk on your right.

6 Finish point: Obelisk, Avenham Park, Ribblesdale Place, PR1 8JT.

Dedicated to the servicemen who died in the 1899 - 1902 Boer War, this monument sits overlooking Avenham Park. The obelisk stands at 25 feet, surrounded by flowers as well as the beautiful scenery of Avenham Park's Japanese Gardens.

Preston War Memorial Trail map 1. Christchurch war memorial 2. Sailors' and Soldiers' Free Buffet plaque, Preston Pals 3 4 plaque 5 3. Leech memorial 6 statue, Stained glass window 4. Preston Cenotaph 7 5. Roll of Honour 6. Preston Grammar School Boys 1 memorial, 2nd 2 Battalion of Loyal North Lancashire memorial, St John's Parish memorial 7. St Wilfrid's memorial 8. Boer War obelisk 8

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