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|country = England
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|shire county = [[Lancashire]]
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'''Preston''' is a city in [[Lancashire]], England. Preston lies on the north bank of the [[River Ribble]], facing [[Penwortham]] to the south, around 12 miles upstream to the east from the Ribbe Estuary on the [[Irish Sea]]. It is the administrative centre for [[Lancashire County Council]] (whose area is different to the county Lancashire). In the 1960s and 70s it was designated an expansion area, as part of 'Central Lancashire New Town'. Preston has a population of 130,000 (2001). The first [[motorway]] (turnpike or expressway) in the [[United Kingdom]] was the Preston by-pass, now part of the [[M6 motorway|M6]], opened in 1959.
'''Preston''' is a city in [[Lancashire]], England. Preston lies on the north bank of the [[River Ribble]], facing [[Penwortham]] to the south, around 12 miles upstream to the east from the Ribbe Estuary on the [[Irish Sea]]. It is the administrative centre for [[Lancashire County Council]] (whose area is different to the county Lancashire). In the 1960s and 70s it was designated an expansion area, as part of 'Central Lancashire New Town'. Preston has a population of 130,000 (2001). The first [[motorway]] (turnpike or expressway) in the [[United Kingdom]] was the Preston by-pass, now part of the [[M6 motorway|M6]], opened in 1959.