What challenges need addressing?
Some of challenges that renew Preston Village needs to confront before the Village can thrive again...
Preston Village doesn’t feel safe or enjoyable to walk through
Small pavements, traffic signals that prioritise motor vehicles, HGV’s travelling too fast and too close, poor air quality and major noise pollution all add up to a terrible and unsafe pedestrian experience.
Frequent heavy flooding
Shops, homes and roads have been flooded in multiple flood events in the last 5 years due to insufficient maintenance and drainage relative to the intensity of rainfall into the valley.
Flooding disrupts business and the frequency and severity of flood events is set to increase with Climate Change.
Image: Preston Village, 2018 from the Argus website. 
Preston Village is a hot spot for accidents
In the short 250m stretch in front of Preston Village, 110 reportable incidents with motor vehicles including 19 Serious and 1 fatal incident were recorded between 2002 & 2022.
Data Source: crashmap.co.uk
No Parking or Loading Bays = No Takeaways
If you are in a car or van, there is nowhere to stop for a takeaway or to pop into a local shop.
It’s really hard to even buy a sandwich or coffee except in Sainsbury’s - so small local businesses suffer.
Image: Google Maps
It’s not safe or enjoyable to cycle
Watch two 20 Tonne coaches pass within 1m of a cyclist.
