Long Preston railway station
Long Preston is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton. The station, situated 37+1⁄2 miles north-west of Leeds, serves the village of Long Preston in North Yorkshire.Photo: Chris Eccleston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Long Preston Railway Station”, “Long Preston Station”, and “LPR”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Long Preston Village Hall and St Mary’s Church, Long Preston.
Long Preston Village Hall
Community center
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Long Preston Village Hall is a community center, which is situated 970 feet north of Long Preston railway station.
St Mary’s Church, Long Preston
Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is the parish church of Long Preston, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. There was a church in Long Preston at the time of the Domesday Book, but the current church was probably built in the late 14th century. St Mary’s Church, Long Preston is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Long Preston railway station.
Long Preston War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Long Preston War Memorial is situated 1,100 feet north of Long Preston railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wigglesworth and Swinden.
Wigglesworth
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wigglesworth is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 379. It is on the road between Long Preston to the east and Slaidburn to the west. Wigglesworth is situated 1½ miles west of Long Preston railway station.
Swinden
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swinden is a village in the civil parish of Hellifield, in North Yorkshire, England. It is near Halton West and Nappa and about 7 miles north of Barnoldswick. Swinden is situated 3 miles southeast of Long Preston railway station.
Otterburn
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Otterburn is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is at OS Grid Reference SD8857, near Airton, Calton and the A65. The village is 9 miles north west of Skipton and 1.9 miles east of Hellifield. Otterburn is situated 3 miles east of Long Preston railway station.
Long Preston railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Long Preston, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.01666° or 54° 1′ northLongitude
-2.25515° or 2° 15′ 19″ westElevation
476 feet (145 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“LPR”Open location code
9C6V2P8V+MWOpenStreetMap ID
node 21664014OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Long Preston railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Long Preston”
- Dutch: “Station Long Preston”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة لونج پريستون”
- French: “gare de Long Preston”
- French: “Long Preston”
- Urdu: “لونگ پریس کٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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