Penwortham Priory, Preston

Name: Penwortham Priory
Address: Preston, United Kingdom

#56 among attractions in Preston

Monastery

Gallery (1)

Map

Facts and practical information

Penwortham Priory was first a Benedictine priory and, after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, a country house in the village of Penwortham, near Preston, Lancashire. The house was demolished as the village expanded into a town and a housing estate has replaced the mansion house and its grounds of which no trace remain. ()

Completed: 1850 (174 years ago)Coordinates: 53°44'55"N, 2°43'48"W

Address

Penwortham (Whitefield)Preston United Kingdom

ContactAdd

Social media

Add

Preston

Day trips

Penwortham Priory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St George's Shopping Centre, Covered Market, Fishergate Shopping Centre, Church of St Walburge.

1.4 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
St George's Shopping Centre, Preston
35 min walk • St George's Shopping Centre, formerly The Mall Preston and The Mall St George, is a shopping centre in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England.
1.5 miNE
Market, Shopping, Flea market
Covered Market, Preston
38 min walk • The Covered Market in Earl Street, Preston, Lancashire, England is a Grade II listed landmark structure built 1870-75. After three aborted attempts to start the project in the early 1800s, and a serious construction accident in 1870 that set back progress, the covered market was finished in 1875.
1.1 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Fishergate Shopping Centre, Preston
30 min walk • Fishergate Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in the city of Preston in Lancashire, England.
1.2 miNE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Church of St Walburge, Preston
30 min walk • St Walburge's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Preston, Lancashire, England, northwest of the city centre on Weston Street. The church was built in the mid-19th century to a design by the Gothic Revival architect Joseph Hansom, the designer of the hansom cab, and is famous as having the tallest spire of any parish church in England.
1.3 miE
Park, Playground
Avenham Park, Preston
33 min walk • Avenham Park is a public park in Avenham, close to the centre of Preston in Lancashire in the northwest of England, and managed by Preston City Council. The park is located in Preston's Conservation area and leads down to the banks of the River Ribble. It was designed and built in the 1860s.
1.1 miE
Park
Miller Park, Preston
28 min walk • Miller Park is a public park under the management of Preston City Council. It is located on the banks of the River Ribble in Preston, Lancashire in the north west of England. The park is one of two city centre Victorian era parks, the other being the adjacent and larger Avenham Park.
1.3 miNE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Church of St George the Martyr, Preston
34 min walk • The Church of St George the Martyr is in George's Road, off Lune St, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with that of St John, Preston.
1.3 miNE
Park
Winckley Square, Preston
33 min walk • Winckley Square is situated near the centre of Preston, Lancashire, England, at the west end of Avenham. The square was first established in 1801, around Town End Field owned by Thomas Winckley, as an exclusive residential area for the town's gentry.
1.4 miNE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Peter's Church, Preston
35 min walk • St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in St Peter's Square, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
0.5 miNE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church, Gothic architecture
St Mary's Church, Preston
13 min walk • St Mary's Church is in Church Avenue, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leyland, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
1.3 miNE
Church
Preston Central Methodist Church, Preston
33 min walk • Preston Central Methodist Church is in Lune Street, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is an active Methodist church in the Preston Ribble Methodist Circuit, and the Lancashire district. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.