Preston is a village and
civil parish
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in the
East Riding of Yorkshire
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, England, in an area known as
Holderness. It is situated approximately east of
Hull city centre it lies just north of the
A1033 road on the crossroads between the
B1240 and
B1362 roads.
The civil parish is formed by the village of Preston and the
hamlet
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of
Salt End.
According to the
2011 UK census
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, Preston parish had a population of 3,258,
an increase on the
2001 UK census figure of 3,100.
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The parish church of All Saints is a
Grade I listed building
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.
There is both a primary school (Preston Primary School) and a secondary school, which achieved Technology College status in 1997, and has a sixth form facility joined onto the school, in Preston. South Holderness Technology College converted to an
academy
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known as
Holderness Academy and serves the surrounding villages of
Paull,
Hedon,
Bilton,
Skirlaugh,
Keyingham,
Thorngumbald,
Aldbrough,
West Newton,
Burton Constable
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,
Sproatley and others.
Preston has two pubs, a pizza takeaway, a Chinese takeaway and a garden centre, with a farm shop. There is also a butcher's shop on the main street, along with the Post Office, the Post Office has closed but the shop remains. It also has a hairdressers and a traditional barbers shop.
Recently 'Preston (South)' was marked clearly by the council, however the two are not geographically all that close, and still stand as two separate areas separated in places by Hedon.
In February 2023, a £9.6 million crematorium, run by
East Riding of Yorkshire Council, opened off Sproatley Road.
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Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Holderness
Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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