Looking for a taxi transfer to a Cruise Ship Terminal from Preston? Why not start your cruise in style, we offer cost-effective travel from Preston to the following ports:

• Preston to the Port of Dover
• Preston to the Port of Greenock/Glasgow
• Preston to the Port of Harwich
• Preston to the Port of Hull
• Preston to the Port of Liverpool
• Preston to the Port of Portsmouth
• Preston to the Port of Southampton
• Preston to the Port of Leith/Edinburgh
• Preston to the Port of London Tilbury
• Preston to the Port of Felixstowe
• Preston to the Port of Newcastle

With many years experience in ensuring our customers arrive at their destination on time, Cars Exec offers the very best in service with our excellent chauffeurs.

Our chauffeur driven taxi service provides comfort, style and luxury, all in one trip, to any of the major UK cruise ports from your home or airport. We will then be there on your return, ready to take care of you and your luggage, returning you home with the minimum of stress.

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Professional corporate travel

We provide a trusted, professional but discreet service to our business and corporate clients in Preston, with impeccable chauffeur driven cars as well as luxury people carriers to Preston based UK Companies, international business and discerning private clients, travelling to and from London.

Cars Exec offer cars to and from important meetings, a meet and greet service from major airports and train stations across mainland UK. as well as a daily commute service locally, or long distance to London and other UK cities

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Want to make your special event even more stylish? We will sweep you off to a day at the races, a concert, a birthday treat or even a proposal in our comfortable, luxurious cars. Just sit back and relax as you ride in style in executive chauffeur driven hire,

• Wimbledon.
• Birthday Treat / Surprise.
• Ascot.
• Silverstone.
• Wembley / O2 Arena.
• Anniversary celebrations.

Our VIP car service is the perfect prestige car hire service for you if you want to make the right impression, but at comparable taxi prices.

Preston in Lancashire

Preston lies on the north bank of the River Ribble. It’s 27 miles northwest of Manchester,  26 miles northeast of Liverpool, and 15 miles from Blackpool. The city is the administrative centre of Lancashire, England.  An explanation of the origin of the name is that the Priest’s Town refers to a priory set up by St Wilfrid near the Ribble’s lowest ford.

Preston’s beginnings

Preston began as a village. In the 12th century, it grew into a town. This was partly because of its position. Firstly Preston is on a river. In those days it was much cheaper to transport goods by water than by land so goods could be easily transported to and from Preston. Preston was also the first place inland where the river could be bridged so a great deal of traffic passed through the area. Preston was also on the main road from northern to southern England. Many people passed through the town and spend money there. In 1179 Preston was given a charter.

Industrial Revolution

The 19th century saw a transformation in Preston from a small market town to a much larger industrial one, as the innovations of the latter half of the previous century such as Richard Arkwright’s water frame (invented in Preston) brought cotton mills to many northern English towns. With industrialisation came examples of both oppression and enlightenment.

The town’s forward-looking spirit is typified by it being the first English town outside London to be lit by gas. The Preston Gas Company was established in 1815 by, amongst others, a Catholic priest: Rev. Joseph “Daddy” Dunn of the Society of Jesus. The Preston and Wigan Railway arrived in 1838, shortly afterwards renamed the North Union Railway. The Sheffield firm of Thos W Ward Ltd opened a ship breaking yard at Preston Dock in 1894.

Preston today

In the 21st century, Preston continues to thrive. In 2001 a football museum opened in Preston. Furthermore, Preston has become a regional shopping centre for Northwest England. In 2002 Preston was made a city.

Preston was the origin of the word “teetotal”

Joseph Livesey started the Temperance Movement in Preston in 1832. The followers of the movement were required to sign a pledge of total abstinence. Livesey’s first pledge was drawn up in Preston at “The Old Cock Pit”.

The term “teetotal” is derived from a speech made in Preston by Richard Turner, who was a follower of Livesey. It is said Richard Turner had a speech impediment and during his speech urging total abstinence from all alcohol, rather than just the abstinence of spirits, he remarked “they must insist upon tee-tee-tee total abstinence”.

The tallest church spire in England

St Walburge’s Church boasts a towering 309ft spire. The tallest of any Parish church in England and the third tallest of any church in the UK, with only the spires of Salisbury and Norwich Anglican Cathedral reaching higher.

The church was built in the mid-19th century and was designed by Gothic Revival architect Joseph Hansom, who was also the designer of the Hansom cab.