Great Preston
Great Preston is a small rural village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. It has incorporated the once neighbouring hamlet of Little Preston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Darren Haddock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include The New Inn and St Aidan’s.
St Aidan’s
Nature reserve
Photo: Richard Avery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Aidan's is a 355 hectare nature park located between Leeds and Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. The land was formerly an opencast coal mining area that was flooded in 1988, after the riverbank collapsed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kippax and Swillington.
Kippax
Town
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kippax is a town and civil parish in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the east of the city, near to Garforth and Great Preston.
Swillington
Village
Photo: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swillington is a village and civil parish near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. It is situated 5 miles east from Leeds city centre, north of the River Aire, and is surrounded by streams including Fleakingley Beck.
Mickletown
Village
Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mickletown is a district within the village of Methley, north of Castleford, and south of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The Leeds Country Way and the Trans Pennine Trail both pass Mickletown.
Great Preston
- Type: Village
- Description: village in West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Great and Little Preston, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.76119° or 53° 45′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.39156° or 1° 23′ 30″ westElevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
9C5WQJ65+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 29804453OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Great Preston” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Great Preston”
- Spanish: “Great Preston”
- Swedish: “Great Preston”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Great Preston Snooker And Sports Club and Great & Little Preston Village Hall.
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