Foster Square
Foster Square is a square in Preston District, Lancashire, England. Foster Square is situated nearby to University Square, as well as near Pollard Street Bridge.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Peter’s Church and Preston Railway Station.
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 600 feet north of Foster 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 2,400 feet south of Foster Square.
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 1,500 feet west of Foster Square.
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 Foster Square.
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 Foster Square.
Foster Square
- Type: Square
- Categories: pedestrian zone and locality
- Location: Preston District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.76197° or 53° 45′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.70817° or 2° 42′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C5VQ76R+QPOpenStreetMap ID
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