Preston
Preston is a village, former manor, civil and ecclesiastical parish in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. It is situated 22 km north-west of the city of Gloucester and 4 km south-west of the Herefordshire town of Ledbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village and former civil parish in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
- Also known as: “Preston, Forest of Dean”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Church of St Michael and All Angels.
Church of St Bartholomew, Much Marcle
Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Bartholomew, Much Marcle is situated 2 miles southwest of Preston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Much Marcle and Donnington.
Much Marcle
Village
Photo: Schuy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Much Marcle is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, located 7 miles north-east of Ross-on-Wye. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 660. Much Marcle is situated 2 miles southwest of Preston.
Donnington
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donnington is a village and civil parish near Ledbury. Donnington is situated 2 miles east of Preston.
Aylton
Hamlet
Photo: Julian P Guffogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aylton is a village in eastern Herefordshire, England. It is 5.5 km west of Ledbury. The population of this parish at the 2011 Census was 144. Aylton has a church and shares parish boundaries with Pixley, Putley and Little Marcle. Aylton is situated 2 miles northwest of Preston.
Preston
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Dymock, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.01017° or 52° 0′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.46963° or 2° 28′ 11″ westElevation
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
9C4V2G6J+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 8983923328OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Swedish—“Preston” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Preston”
- Polish: “Preston”
- Swedish: “Preston, Forest of Dean”
- Swedish: “Preston”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Preston”. Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.