Central Lancashire
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Central Lancashire was a designated new town in England. The designated area covers the towns of Preston, Leyland (in South Ribble) and Chorley (in the borough of Chorley). It was designated a new town by the Secretary of State for the Environment on March 26, 1970, the last designation to be made. The new town area covered 35,255 acres (142 km²), and covered the entirety of the county borough of Preston, and parts of Chorley, Fulwood, Leyland and Walton-le-Dale, and also parts of Chorley Rural District and Preston Rural District.[1]
The British Office for National Statistics gives a figure for the 'Preston urban area', covering Preston, Leyland, Chorley, Euxton and Wymott, of 264,601.
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Sir Francis Pearson, former MP for Clitheroe, was Chairman of the Central Lancashire New Town Development Corporation from 1971.
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- ^ London Gazette. April 14, 1970.
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