The Adelphi
Cocktail pub
Preston's Pub of the Year, High Street Hero Awards 2023
A cocktail pub by the university on Fylde Street, named Preston's Pub of the Year in 2023.
📍 43 Fylde St, Preston PR1 7DP
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The Black Horse
Historic pub
CAMRA top four pubs in the UK, 2024
A Grade II listed Robinsons pub from 1898 with real fires, a famous hall of mirrors seating area and one of only 14 ceramic bar counters left in Britain.
📍 166 Friargate, Preston PR1 2EJ
Plug and Taps
Real ale pub
A Good Beer Guide pub on Lune Street.
📍 32 Lune Street, Preston PR1 2NN
The Old Vic
Traditional pub
A down to earth traditional pub opposite the railway station, with real ales mostly from local breweries.
📍 79 Fishergate, Preston PR1 2UH
Winckley Street Ale House
Ale house
A Good Beer Guide ale house just off Fishergate.
📍 8b Winckley Street, Preston PR1 2AA
Guild Ale House
Ale house
A Good Beer Guide ale house on Lancaster Road with real ale and real cider.
📍 56 Lancaster Road, Preston PR1 1DD
The Orchard
Craft beer bar
Opened in 2018 inside Preston's Grade II listed covered market, built from wood recycled from the old market trestle boards.
📍 Market Hall, Earl Street, Preston PR1 2LA
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What are the best pubs in Preston?
Start with The Adelphi, The Black Horse, Plug and Taps, The Old Vic and Winckley Street Ale House. Our full list has 7 bars.
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Who wrote this guide
This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run Cocktail Week, the ten-day cocktail festival held town by town across the UK and Ireland. Since 2022 we have taken it to more than 20 towns and cities and worked with hundreds of bars. We love Preston's bars, so we put this guide together from our own research and trusted local guides.
No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.
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