Places to Visit in Preston - Preston Must-See Attractions
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Wild Discovery, Bowland Wild Boar Park, Specialty Museums, Parks. For personalized recommendations, try our AI trip-planning product.
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Indoor zoo with interactive experiences, such as hand-feeding unique creatures like giant anteaters. Includes a bat cave and educational animal shows within a holiday village setting.
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Nature & Wildlife Areas
Interactive farm nestled in the Forest of Bowland, with animal feeding, educational center, play areas, and engaging tractor and barrel rides through scenic landscapes.
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Speciality Museums
Interactive vintage vehicle museum with a diverse collection of trucks, buses, and vans. Includes child-friendly activities and a cafe.
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Points of Interest & Landmarks
Rail hub with original features and efficient layout, providing a clean, spacious platform experience. Includes a variety of dining options and a pleasant walk to the town center.
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Scenic walking paths with wildlife and distant landmark views, featuring family-friendly activities and a café with outdoor seating. The area caters to outdoor enthusiasts and groups.
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Speciality Museums
Compact museum showcasing Roman artifacts and historical exhibits, complemented by an engaging outdoor area with children's activities and scenic views, near a charming church.
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- Alex M1 contributionMy wife and I visited Wild Discovery for the first time to celebrate her birthday. We booked the capybara experience.
The experience itself was well worth it. The two capybaras (Larry and Moe) came right up for food and scritches, even sitting right by our feet for the duration of the experience. Our guide, Joseph, was very knowledgeable and gave us plenty of facts about the species as well as Larry and Moe. If you think you'd enjoy getting close enough to cuddle a capybara, I'd definitely recommend this.
We also spent quite a lot of time chatting with a keeper called Gary who did the bird talk. He took lots of time to talk just to us about the birds and other animals he works with and really went out of his way to make it an enjoyable and interesting visit.
The lady at reception was also very helpful and friendly as we arrived, and when we bought some reindeer feed.
The bat room is also worth a visit if you want to get very close to them, they literally fly right past your face and you can get a very close look at the bats.
It's not a huge zoo but there is a lot of variety in animals there and plenty of affordable feeding experiences and talks to keep you busy for the day. We didn't even mind it raining buckets in the afternoon. Also there are lots of options for food etc. that you can nip out to within Ribby Hall Village.
We'll be back to meet more of the animals!Written December 6, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Julie MBurnley, UK45 contributionsStayed on site in a safari tent
2 adults 2 kids and 2 dogs
Had a great time even though the weather was a let down. Kids enjoyed the animals going on the tractor and play park
The camping side was great
Outside barbecue to cook sausages on and burgers
Nice an cosy I side wished I'd stayed for 2 nightsWritten August 26, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - ClarissaCarpManchester, UK42 contributionsAbsolutely first class museum. A must for any vehicle enthusiast. Based in the old Leyland truck works. The volunteer staff (many of whom previously worked at the plant) were extremely helpful and insightful. Some of the exhibits are totally unique and all are very well presented. Highly recommended.Written October 6, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- TCartmelHertfordshire, UK7 contributionsWhat a lovely place to visit! The cafe was worth visiting, the walk around the park and by the river was very good to stretch the legs and meet up with friends.Written August 29, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Arthur CPreston, UK417 contributionsThe Harris is a multi-purpose arts, library, archive, gallery, museum, tourist information and museum centre, and probably the most famous, recognisable of Preston City centre landmarks. How your visit goes depends what you are there for. The IT centre is currently restricting computer users to 45 minutes online time, for which we need to pre-book. It used to be a drop in at will and use the computers (library members only) for up to two hours. Hopefully this will be restored post covid. The main lending library itself is excellent, while the upstairs(there is a rickety lift) archive and history library has greatly reduced its stock in recent years. The museum and art galleries are tremendous, with many changing exhibitions. There are fixed exhibits too, most famously Horace (named in a competition by children), a huge skeleton of a prehistoric elk, complete with the human-launched arrow that brought it down. Sometimes the library can get rowdy when people loudly yelling into mobile phones are left unchallenged. Some security staff can be a bit of a jobsworth. One started giving me a guided tour of the gallery even though I was happy to look round at my own time and pace. There have been cases of people pulled up in the nearby Flag Market Square and asked if they were the ones being a nuisance on previous visits to the museum, even though they are not in the museum or heading there and were not anywhere near it on the days the supposed nusancings occurred (why not challenge disruption when it happens rather than some random later time and place? Overall, an invaluable resource for the people of Preston and to visitors to our fince city too.Written August 26, 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Dan GNorth West England, UK132 contributionsMy 9yr old son and I rode the Guild Wheel as part of a charity fund raising ride that he wanted to do in aid of Parkinson's UK. Being only 9, we thought it would be a sufficient challenge that would also be achievable for him and it was, completing the whole 21 miles in 2hrs 39 minutes!
The route is really nice and most of it tarmac path, with some small road sections and a little bit gravel path through Brockholes. It is mainly flat but about 2/3 round (going clockwise from Avenham start post) it gets a little bit up and down, but nothing to hard.
Signage was good and despite having only looked at it on a map, we easily navigated the whole way round.
A great route and my son raised over £1000 for a great cause!Written August 29, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - KarolynChorley, UK77 contributionsGot there a little early as I prefer early to being on time, train on time, no issues, was very surprised. Platform easy to get to considering we had four casesWritten July 27, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Catherine H12 contributionsAbsolutely beautiful place for a walk, the view at the summit is lovely. Even though the car park was heaving, the walks were still pleasant and quiet. Shame to see it’s pay and display parking now but not too bad at £1 for all day.
Love it here and highly recommend a visit if you’re in the area and enjoy some scenery.Written March 31, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - 42RichardB42Lytham St Anne's, UK126 contributionsA great little museum tucked away in a picturesque village. Watch out for the activities laid on over the holidays, the children couldn’t get enough of the craft activities on offer. Don’t forget to visit the bathhouse and granaries a short walk from the museum itselfWritten August 29, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Linsey RUnited Kingdom4 contributionsWent with my daughter to see our ex Double Cup hero Ali McCann play. We travelled all the way down from Perth to see him and the team we thoroughly enjoyed our day at Deepdale and will be back for as long as At Johnstone has that connection with Preston NE with our ex players etc.Written October 21, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- DtchBalLytham St Anne's, UK12 contributionsExcellent museum. I don’t think they advertise this venue a lot, but it has so much to offer. Countless artefacts, uniforms, maps about battles, a huuuuge medal collection, historic photographs, stories, ranging from the late 1600s to today. Just amazing. My children are 7 and 11, and they loved it.
The museum is housed in the barracks in the centre of Preston, and was a little odd to just drive up to the barrier of a military base, but they let you through and after you park, you are met by a guide. Terry showed us around, and he was very knowledgeable and interesting to listen to.
We will be be going back here for sure, as we took our time, but could not see and read everything.
It is recommended to book a tour in advance, but we were lucky.Written June 16, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Juels O1 contributionI returned to the church of my Christendom for Easter services. I'm filled with joy after my hellish night that I got to witness the awe and majesty of my good Friday.
My journey up the spire was a glory to behold.Written March 29, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
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