Preston Crown Court or more properly the Crown Court at Preston is a criminal court in

Preston, Lancashire Preston () is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston local government district. Preston and its surrounding distri ...

, England. The court is based on two sites in the city; Preston Combined Court Centre on Ringway and

Sessions House A sessions house in the United Kingdom was historically a courthouse that served as a dedicated court of quarter sessions, where criminal trials were held four times a year on quarter days. Sessions houses were also used for other purposes to do w ...

on Lancaster Road. A first tier court centre, the court deals with all types of cases that are heard in the

Crown Court The Crown Court is the court of first instance of England and Wales responsible for hearing all Indictable offence, indictable offences, some Hybrid offence, either way offences and appeals lied to it by the Magistrates' court, magistrates' court ...

as well as being a trial centre for civil High Court cases. The court house is also a venue for the

County Court A county court is a court based in or with a jurisdiction covering one or more counties, which are administrative divisions (subnational entities) within a country, not to be confused with the medieval system of ''county courts'' held by the high ...

where smaller civil cases and family cases are dealt with. The current combined court centre building was opened in 1996 and was designed by Alistair Sutherland of architects Austin-Smith:Lord.

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Crown Court buildings Buildings and structures in Preston {{Lancashire-struct-stub