A positive campaign for the local community, environment & economy. Improve the A23 through Preston Village.
Renew Preston Village is supported by…
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Positive Petition Signatures
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Support from Local businesses
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Support from Local community
groups
thanks to all our supporters.
Please click on logos below to find out more about the businesses and community groups supporting our campaign.
Let’s return Preston Village to a thriving, walkable, people centred community.
200 years earlier outside the Crown & Anchor. You can see people in a village. That’s PRESTON VILLAGE.
Many thanks to the Regency Society for the use of this image of the Crown & Anchor in 1831.
You can see the whole of the James Gray archive at regencysociety-jamesgray.com
Since the 1950’s the A23 road has dominated and Preston Village is no longer a place for people.
RENEW PRESTON VILLAGE!
In 2025, people go to Fiveways for fun, Seven Dials for style and Preston Village for… Petrol?
So much to see and yet few people stop to visit Preston Village these days. Why?
6 lanes now dominate Preston Village, but they aren’t all needed.
Traffic engineers told our campaign ‘because there are 3 lanes to the North & South of the village, no capacity is added to the A23 by widening to 6 lanes through the village'.
So 6 lanes do not help traffic capacity, but does increase traffic speed, noise, air pollution, and make our village unattractive and unhealthy.
Renew Preston Village
is campaigning for:
Safer Crossings & more space for people walking & wheeling
Rain Gardens & Street trees to manage flooding and add beauty
Parking & loading bays for the benefit of local business
Bus stops in the village, closer to the shops and pubs
Protected space for people cycling
St John the Evangelist Knoyle Rd
Hotel & Conferences
216 Preston Road
St Marys
Catholic Church
Surrenden Road
Friends of Preston Park
Community Group
Estate Agent & Lettings, 205 Preston Road
Dance & Fitness Studio, Cumberland Rd, Preston Village
Family & Dog friendly pub, 197 Preston Road
Tax & Accounting
Services, South Rd
Preston Village
Funeral Directors
209 Preston Road
Established 1711
213 Preston Road
Tea lounge & store
11 South Road
Estate Agent & Lettings
216 Preston Road
Art & Crafts studios
42A Robertson Road
Public interest group for
planning, architecture & design in Brighton
GHFP
199 Preston Road
St Bernadettes
Catholic Primary School, Preston Road.
3 ways you could support Renew Preston Village, in order of priority:
1. Add your views of the village on the interactive map.
2. Sign the Positive Petition.
3. Volunteer! Contact us on hello@prestonvillage.org
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“ What a fantastic plan.
We need to reestablish the heart of our local community.”
Sarah Van den driessche, local resident
“With a little imagination [Preston Village] could be so much more than a crossing point for cars.”
Kirsty Parker, local resident
"This is a brilliant idea to bring about genuinely tangible positive change in this area."
James Luckin, local resident
