Moor Park, Preston

Moor Park is a large park (with a perimeter of approx 2 miles (3 km)) to the north of the city centre of Preston, Lancashire, England. Moor Park is also the name of the electoral ward covering the park and the surrounding area. The ward borders the traditional boundary of Fulwood. The population of the ward as at the 2011 census was 5,211.

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Christ Church, Fulwood

Christ Church is in Victoria Road, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church was built in 1854–55 and designed by Myres and Veevers. It is constructed in stone with some polychromy in the dressings. The north steeple has a square porch at the base, and becomes octagonal as it rises. There are no aisles, and inside the church is a hammerbeam roof. In 1937 the Lancaster practice of Austin and Paley added a Chapel of Remembrance.

Moor Park High School

——— Moor Park High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Preston in the English county of Lancashire. It is a foundation school administered by Lancashire County Council. The school was also previously awarded specialist status as a Business and Enterprise College. Moor Park High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form (which opened in 2013) have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.

St George's, Preston

For the church of the same name, see Church of St George the Martyr, Preston. St George's is an electoral ward in Preston, Lancashire, England. The ward is adjacent to the larger Deepdale to the east and is considered to be more an area within Deepdale than a distinct community of its own. The ward was created in 2002 for the 2002 Preston Council election, taking in the terraces running from Deepdale Road to St Paul's Road adjacent to Moor Park, running south towards the city centre. The eastern parts of the University of Central Lancashire campus in included within the St George's boundaries. Its name comes from the main road running east–west from Deepdale Road to the A6 Garstang Road. Two members of Preston City Council, elected 'in thirds' in first past the post elections each year, are returned from the ward. The ward forms part of the Lancashire County Council electoral division of Preston Central South.

Moor Park Methodist Church

Moor Park Methodist Church is a former Methodist church in Garstang Road, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.