Things to Do in Preston
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Guilt Free Boundaries - Free Online Masterclass
Free - £120.96
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Yr 10 Curriculum Evening (Targets)
📍 Penwortham Girls' High School
FREE#IntheCity: What Makes a Thriving City Centre?
📍 Cotton Court Business Centre
Shout Network Chorley Thursday Morning Group
📍 Oak Royal Golf Club and Fishery
£15.00
Preston Freelancer Meet-Up: September
📍 Society1
From £10.50
FREEBrockholes Pram Walk
📍 Brockholes Nature Reserve
SOLD OUTLOSTOCK HALL ACADEMY - OPEN EVENING EVENT 2026
📍 Lostock Hall Academy
Sold out at source
IBD and stoma sound bath
📍 Carr Street Community Centre
£6.13
Reet Funny Free Comedy Night
📍 Chew's Yard
Preston: Menopause & Cancer Support Sessions at Cancer Help
📍 Vine house
£0.00
Jive Swing Rock n Roll Lindy Hop Dance Class Line Dancing Strolls Blackburn
📍 Canberra Club
£11.55
THUNDER HORSE + Support
📍 Vinyl Tap Preston
From £10.00
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Yr11 Geography GCSE Rivers Fieldtrip
📍 Penwortham Girls' High School
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Preston Crime Fiction Festival 2026 [25-27 September]
📍 Preston Masonic Hall Ltd
FREESpokes Sisters Ladies Only Bike Skills
📍 Catherine Beckett Community Centre
FREEBuckshaw Bumps Babies & Beyond
📍 Lancaster Way Community Centre
SOLD OUTERSA Regional Meeting: Lancashire
📍 Fedcap - Preston
Sold out at source
FREEBrockholes - A Wildflower Year Guided Walk
📍 Brockholes Nature Reserve
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Preston Crime Fiction Festival 2026
📍 Preston Masonic Hall Ltd
£27.80 - £98.22
FREEGlobal Opportunities Welcome Event
📍 University of Lancashire - Harris Building HB155
Pilates Tower Pop up Class
📍 The Pilates Room
£25.63
Clairvoyant & Mediumship evening with Robert Tweedie
📍 Heskin Hall
£20.00
Hamstrings and hangovers
📍 Chorley Football Club
£6.13
The Hiphopalippz
📍 Chew's Yard
From £8.00
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