Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire

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Preston
Preston shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population	3,100 (2001 census)^[1]
OS grid reference	TA189304
Parish	Preston
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HULL
Postcode district	HU12
Dialling code	01482
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Beverley and Holderness
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°45′24″N 0°11′49″W / 53.756611, -0.196915

Preston is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 6 miles east of Hull city centre it lies just north of the A1033 road on the crossroads between the B1240 and B1362 roads.

The civil parish is formed by the village of Preston and the hamlet of Salt End.

According to the 2001 UK census, Preston parish had a population of 3,100.^[1]

All Saints Church

The parish church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building.

There is both a primary school (Preston Primary School), which is a Church of England school, and a secondary school, which achieved Technology College status almost a decade ago, and has a sixth form facility joined onto the school, in Preston. South Holderness Technology College serves the surrounding villages of Paull, Hedon, Bilton, Skirlaugh, Keyingham, Thorngumbald, Aldbrough, West Newton, Burton Constable, Sproatley and others.

Preston has three pubs, a pizza takeaway, a Chinese takeaway and a garden centre, with a farm shop. There is also a butcher's shop on the main street, along with the Post Office.

Recently 'Preston South' was marked clearly by the Council, however the two are not geographically all that close, and still stand as two separate areas separated in places by Hedon.