What is the name of the railway that is a standard gauge preserved railway in Lancashire, in the United Kingdom, terminates adjacent to the level crossing in Preston, Lancashire, and runs along the Preston Docks?
Strand Road Crossing Strand Road Crossing is a level crossing in Preston, Lancashire. It is situated on a freight-only branch line from Preston railway station which is used by trains serving Preston Docks. The Ribble Steam Railway terminates adjacent to the level crossing and it is proposed that a station should be built on the site.
Listed buildings in Blackburn Blackburn is a town in Lancashire, England. It contains 70 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Until the coming of the Industrial Revolution, Blackburn was a market town, but then became a centre of the cotton industry. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal came to the town in 1806, and the Blackburn and Preston Railway opened in 1846. Following this there was a boom on the building of mills, with associated housing and the creation of civic buildings.