Church of St Walburge, Preston
St Walburge's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Preston, Lancashire, England, northwest of the city centre on Weston Street. The church was built in the mid-19th century to a design by the Gothic Revival architect Joseph Hansom, the designer of the hansom cab, and is famous as having the tallest spire of any parish church in England.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Preston, UK
- Also known as: “Church of St. Walburge, Preston”, “St Walburge’s”, and “St Walburge’s Church, Preston”
- Address: Weston Street, Preston, PR2 2QE
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mark’s Church, Preston and St Peter’s Church.
St Mark’s Church, Preston
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mark's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in St Mark's Road, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. St Mark’s Church, Preston is situated 850 feet west of Church of St Walburge, Preston.
St Peter’s Church
Arts center
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in St Peter's Square, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. St Peter’s Church is situated 1,500 feet east of Church of St Walburge, Preston.
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 3,300 feet southeast of Church of St Walburge, Preston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Preston and Whitestake.
Preston
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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 3 miles south of Church of St Walburge, Preston.
Goosnargh
Village
Photo: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goosnargh is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston district of Lancashire, England. The village lies between Broughton and Longridge, and mostly lies in the civil parish of Whittingham, although the ancient centre lies in the civil parish of Goosnargh. Goosnargh is situated 4½ miles north of Church of St Walburge, Preston.
Church of St Walburge, Preston
- Categories: heritage site, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Preston District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.76304° or 53° 45′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.715° or 2° 42′ 54″ westInception
1850Operator
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign PriestOpen location code
9C5VQ77M+6XOpenStreetMap ID
way 186944490OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q5117344
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Russian—“Church of St Walburge, Preston” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Valburqa kilsəsi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس والبورج”
- French: “église Sainte-Walburge de Preston”
- French: “Église Sainte-Walburge de Preston”
- Russian: “Церковь Святой Вальбурги (Престон)”
- Russian: “Церковь Святой Вальбурги”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Walburge’s Church Hall and Pedder Street Bridge.
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