Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire District
Preston

Preston

Preston is a village and civil parish about 3 miles south of in Hertfordshire, England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 425.
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  • Type: Village with 425 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish south of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England
  • Also known as: “Preston, Hertfordshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Red Lion Public House and Princess Helena College.

Pub
Photo: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

School
PHC was a co-educational independent day and boarding school for students aged 11 to 18 in Preston near in Hertfordshire, England. The school was housed in a Queen Anne country house, formerly known as Temple Dinsley, which was redesigned by Edwin Lutyens, at the same time as the gardens were designed by his great friend, Gertrude Jekyll.

Ruins
Photo: David Edgar, Public domain.
is an isolated ruined in the fields above the hamlet of Chapelfoot, near Preston, . Today it is a roofless shell, partly surrounded by a small wood, and accessible only by footpath.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ley Green and King’s Walden.

Hamlet
Photo: Jeff Tomlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet.

Village
Photo: Ebelthite, CC BY 2.5.
King's Walden is a civil parish in the county of . The parish contains several settlements, with the largest village being Breachwood Green.

Village
is a hamlet in the parish of near in , England. One interesting feature is Bunyan's Dell, a natural amphitheatre deep inside Wain Wood where the author of The Pilgrim's Progress preached in secret when his faith was persecuted after the Restoration.

Preston

Latitude
51.90855° or 51° 54′ 31″ north
Longitude
-0.28677° or 0° 17′ 12″ west
Population
425
Elevation
482 feet (147 metres)
Open location code
9C3XWP57+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21097439
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2639917
Wiki­data ID
Q1616487
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Preston” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Preston (Hertfordshire)”
  • Basque: “Preston”
  • Catalan: “Preston”
  • Cebuano: “Preston (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, Hertfordshire)”
  • Cebuano: “Preston”
  • Dutch: “Preston”
  • French: “Preston”
  • Irish: “Preston”
  • Italian: “Preston”
  • Ladin: “Preston (Hertfordshire)”
  • Ladin: “Preston”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Preston”
  • Norwegian: “Preston”
  • Persian: “پرستون، هرتفوردشر”
  • Polish: “Preston”
  • Russian: “Престон”
  • Slovenian: “Preston”
  • Swedish: “Preston (parish i Storbritannien, England, Hertfordshire)”
  • Swedish: “Preston, Hertfordshire”
  • Turkish: “Preston, Hertfordshire”
  • Welsh: “Preston, Swydd Hertford”
  • Welsh: “Preston”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Martin’s Church and Preston Primary School.

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