Leighton Building
Leighton Building is an university building in Preston District, Lancashire, England which is located on Leighton Street. Leighton Building is situated nearby to the sports venue Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre, as well as near Foster Square.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Peter’s Church and 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 870 feet north of Leighton Building.
Church of St Walburge, Preston
Church
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. Church of St Walburge, Preston is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Leighton Building.
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 2,300 feet south of Leighton Building.
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 Leighton Building.
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 4½ miles southeast of Leighton Building.
Leighton Building
- Type: University building
- Address: Leighton Street, Preston
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Preston District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.76141° or 53° 45′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.70957° or 2° 42′ 35″ westOperator
University of LancashireOpen location code
9C5VQ76R+H5OpenStreetMap ID
way 73830364OpenStreetMap feature
building=university
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