Gregson Lane is a village in
Lancashire
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, England. It is situated between
Bamber Bridge
Bamber Bridge is a large village in Lancashire, England, south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the Old English "bēam" and "brycg", which probably means "tree-trunk bridge". People who live in Bamber Bri ...
,
Higher Walton,
Coupe Green and
Brindle
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, and is within four miles of the city of
Preston.
Most of the village is in an unparished area of
South Ribble
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borough and
Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency. However, a small part of the village lies in Brindle civil parish in the
Borough of Chorley
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and
Chorley parliamentary constituency.
The village is situated in the
Hoghton postal district, as the
Royal Mail
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does not recognise it as a separate village; this postal district also includes
Coupe Green and Hoghton is often called the village of two halves by residents. Despite this, it is administratively and geographically separate. The village is in the Gregson Lane & Coupe Green
ward
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which elects two
councillor
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s. At the May 2023 election, James Gleeson for Labour party was elected.
Bus services
The bus service founded in the village in 1910 became the first service operated by the newly formed
Ribble Motor Services in 1919, which was a major operator of buses throughout Lancashire until taken over by the
Stagecoach Group
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in the 1980s and renamed
Stagecoach in Lancashire, becoming the Lancashire division of
Stagecoach North West.
Gregson Lane is currently served by the
Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire bus no. 113. The route operates from
Preston Bus Station, via
Higher Walton. The service passes through Gregson Lane and continues on to
Bamber Bridge
Bamber Bridge is a large village in Lancashire, England, south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the Old English "bēam" and "brycg", which probably means "tree-trunk bridge". People who live in Bamber Bri ...
,
Leyland and
Wigan
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.
Meeting places
Gregson Lane is also known for the
folk
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club, which started in 1988.
At the village centre, there is a road called "Gregson Lane" where there are two pubs - Net's Bar (formally known as Gregson Lane Sports and Social Club) and The Black Horse. Previously, there was a pub called "The Castle", but this has now been demolished and turned into a small housing estate.
Within the village, the former Community Centre reached the end of its usable life, and after 10+ years of fundraising, in 2023 the village raised enough money to demolish the existing structure and build a much more suitable centre, for the benefit of all the various groups who use it.
History
St
Edmund Arrowsmith ministered to Catholics of Lancashire at the
Grade II* listed
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Arrowsmith House, located in the village, before being arrested in 1628 and questioned on Brindle Moss where his horse refused to jump a ditch. He was convicted of being a Roman Catholic priest in England and sentenced to death at
Lancaster Castle.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Walton-le-Dale
References
External links
*
The Black Horse
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Villages in Lancashire
Geography of South Ribble