By plane
Nearby Blackpool Airport has flights to Dublin, Isle of Man, France and Spain, while Liverpool and Manchester airports offer a world-wide service. Manchester Airport's services include London. Local airlines include Jet2 (http://www.jet2.com), British Airways (http://www.ba.com), British European (http://flybe.com), and CityJet (http://www.cityjet.com).
By train
Preston is a major terminal on the WCML "West Coast Main Line", and services to and from most major cities around the UK are offered by Virgin Trains (http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/). The Virgin website sells tickets between any two stations in the National Rail network, so getting to Preston by train should be easy, wherever you are.
By bus
National Express (http://www.nationalexpres...) offer intercity coaches from most towns and cities in the UK, and many in France and Spain, while Megabus (http://uk.megabus.com) offers extremely low cost £1 one way bus travel to and from London. Other bus companies are available, and can be booked via the UK public transport gateway transportdirect (http://www.transportdirec...) which is a database of all British Public Transport, and can effectively link any two buildings in the UK with Public Transport using Postcodes
By car
Preston is well linked to the motorway network M6, M61, M62, M60, M65. There are many reasonably priced taxi firms in the city - see By taxi in Get around.
There are two Park & Ride sites in Preston: Preston PortWay which is situated close to Preston Docks, and Walton-le-Dale. For more information consult Preston Bus [www.prestonbus.co.uk].