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
Lonely People
Cocktail bar
A relaxed cocktail bar on Winckley Street.
📍 8a Winckley St, Preston PR1 2AA
Kuckoo
Rock and roll cocktail bar
A boutique rock and roll cocktail bar on Fox Street, mixing cocktails with indie music.
📍 16-17 Fox St, Preston PR1 2AB
Stratos
Restaurant and late bar
A restaurant and bar on Avenham Street with cocktails, live music and DJs and a licence until 3am.
📍 7 Avenham St, Preston PR1 3BN
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
Le Fleur Bar
Champagne and cocktail bar
A champagne and cocktail bar in Miller Arcade with plush seating, open on weekend nights only.
📍 Church St, Preston PR1 2QY
Baluga
Bar and club
A late bar and club in Miller Arcade where the cocktails are made by a dedicated mixologist.
📍 Church St, Preston PR1 2QY
Luka
Restaurant and cocktail bar
An all-day restaurant and cocktail bar inside a former church on Fishergate that comes alive after dark at the weekend.
📍 83b Fishergate, Preston PR1 2NJ
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Your questions
Where are the best hidden and late-night bars in Preston?
Start with Winedown, PLAU, Lonely People, Kuckoo and Stratos. Our full list has 9 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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