St Wilfrid’s Church, Preston
Saint Wilfrid's Church is a Roman Catholic church run by the Society of Jesus, in the city centre of Preston, Lancashire, England. It was built in 1793 and is situated between Fishergate and Winckley Square on Chapel Street.Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Preston, UK
- Also known as: “St. Wilfred’s”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Preston Railway Station and Winckley Square.
Preston Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Miss Saff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Preston railway station serves the city of Preston, in Lancashire, England. It is an interchange on the West Coast Main Line, which lies approximately half-way between London Euston and Glasgow Central. Preston Railway Station is situated 1,200 feet southwest of St Wilfrid’s Church, Preston.
Winckley Square
Park
Photo: Patrick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winckley Square is situated near the centre of Preston, Lancashire, England, at the west end of Avenham. The history of Winckley Square has been documented by Marian Roberts. Winckley Square is situated 480 feet southeast of St Wilfrid’s Church, Preston.
Fishergate Shopping Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fishergate Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in the city of Preston in Lancashire, England. It opened in the 1980s as part of a development to revive the western end of Preston's main street, Fishergate. Fishergate Shopping Centre is situated 610 feet southwest of St Wilfrid’s Church, Preston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Preston and Whitestake.
Preston
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Preston is a city in the county of Lancashire in North West England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a former textile and engineering town; it still makes aircraft, hosts the county local government, and has a university.
Whitestake
Village
Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitestake is a small village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England, on the eastern edge of New Longton It is at the boundary of the parishes of Farington, Longton and Penwortham. Whitestake is situated 2½ miles southwest of St Wilfrid’s Church, Preston.
Clayton Brook
Village
Photo: Paul Glenville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clayton Brook is a large residential estate in Lancashire, between the city of Preston and the town of Chorley. It forms part of the Clayton-le-Woods civil parish, and is in the Clayton-le-Woods North ward of the borough of Chorley. Clayton Brook is situated 4 miles southeast of St Wilfrid’s Church, Preston.
St Wilfrid’s Church, Preston
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Preston District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.75729° or 53° 45′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.70275° or 2° 42′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C5VQ74W+WVOpenStreetMap ID
way 159049755OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q15979521
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