◆ Preston is one of England’s newest Cities and in 2012 it celebrated the Preston Guild, which only happens every 20 years and is England’s oldest festival
◆ The Leeds Liverpool Canal – Britain’s longest – flows through large parts of the county
◆ The mill towns of Blackburn and Burnley were the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century
◆ The post office and craft shop in Chipping is the country’s oldest continuously trading shop. A shop has been in existence here since the 1600s
◆ Garstang was the world’s first Fairtrade town
Lancaster canal
Preston
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