Gregson Lane
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| Gregson Lane | |
  Gregson Lane shown within Lancashire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| District | South Ribble |
| Shire county | Lancashire |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PRESTON |
| Postcode district | PR5 |
| Dialling code | 01254 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Ribble Valley |
| List of places: UK • England • Lancashire | |
Gregson Lane is a village in Lancashire, England. The village is situated between Bamber Bridge, Higher Walton, Coupe Green and Brindle, and is within four miles of the city of Preston.
Administratively the village is in South Ribble borough and Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency.
It is sometimes described as part of Hoghton, as Royal Mail does not recognise it as a separate village, however it is administratively and geographically separate. The village is in the Coupe Green & Gregson Lane ward which elects two councillors, At the May 2007 election, councillors were elected from the Idle Toad and Conservative parties.[1]
The bus service founded in the village in 1910 became the first service operated by the newly formed Ribble Motor Services in 1919[2], which was a major operator of buses throughout Lancashire until taken over by the Stagecoach Group in the 1980s and renamed Stagecoach in Lancashire, becoming the Lancashire division of Stagecoach North West.
Gregson Lane is also known for the folk club which started in 1988.[3]
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