Winedown
Underground wine and cocktail bar
A candlelit basement bar on Lancaster Road with an alternative retro soundtrack, gin, rum, wine and a deli counter of cheese and cured meats.
📍 18 Lancaster Rd, Preston PR1 1DA
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PLAU
Gin and beer house
A gin and beer house on Friargate with a long artisan gin list and crafted cocktails, in a historic building with vaulted cellar rooms and an old well. Tapas upstairs.
📍 115 Friargate, Preston PR1 2EE
Forum Bar and Kitchen
Cocktail bar and restaurant
A lounge bar and restaurant on cobbled Winckley Street, by Winckley Square, with outdoor seats and cocktail masterclasses.
📍 16-17 Winckley St, Preston PR1 2AA
Hogarths
Gin and cocktail bar
A gin bar on Church Street with a huge gin range and perfect-serve cocktails.
📍 140 Church St, Preston PR1 3BU
1842 and The Rabbit Hole
Bar and outdoor gin garden
A bar in the old Corn Exchange on Lune Street. Its outdoor gin bar, The Rabbit Hole, has more than 100 gins and opens in summer and at Christmas.
📍 Lune St, Preston PR1 2NN
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Your questions
Where are the best gin, rum and whisky bars in Preston?
Start with Winedown, PLAU, Forum Bar and Kitchen, Hogarths and 1842 and The Rabbit Hole. Our full list has 5 bars.
More Preston bar guides
- Hidden and late-night barsHidden and late bars in Preston: Winedown, PLAU, Lonely People and Kuckoo and more.
- Fun bars for groupsLively Preston bars for birthdays, hen and stag dos and nights out: Winedown, PLAU, Forum
- Cocktail trailsReady-made Preston cocktail trails on foot, Winckley Square to Friargate and Church Street
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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