Do you cover north Preston — Fulwood, Ashton, Ingol?

Yes — from Wednesday 2 September, PR1 and PR2 are full door-to-door coverage on the new Preston & Longridge route. Pick a date in the calendar and the bus comes to your front door.

Do you collect from Penwortham and Hutton?

Not yet — PR4 is still waiting-list territory. Check your postcode on the booking page and register if it says no: that list is genuinely how we decide where the bus goes next, and it's exactly how Preston itself got its route.

What does a Preston dog adventure cost?

£25 per dog for a one-off, everything included — door-to-door transport, the adventure, photos and the report note. Memberships bring the per-ride price down, from about £24.60 a week.

Which days does the bus run in Preston?

A Wednesday opener on 2 September, then Thursdays for PR1/PR2/PR3 — with more days opened as routes fill. The PR5 south side rides Monday, Wednesday and Friday with the Chorley & South Ribble routes.

Door-to-door dog adventures

Dog adventures in Preston

Name: The Bark Bus
Price range: ££

Preston proper is on the map. From Wednesday 2 September the Bark Bus collects door-to-door across PR1 and PR2 — the city centre, Fulwood, Ashton, Ingol, Ribbleton — and the south-side PR5 villages have been core coverage all along. First stop on the new Preston route, and we promise this is its real name: Dog Kennel Wood, in Cuerden Valley. Some things are meant to be.

City dogs need it most. A whole morning off-lead-where-allowed in a group of no more than twelve — six dogs to each qualified walker, matched by temperament, never crated on the bus. Each dog rides harnessed in their own pup pod with a window seat, and you watch the bus on a live map the whole way.

Preston & Longridge adventures open with a Wednesday-afternoon first run on 2 September, then settle into Thursday afternoons, with more days opened as routes fill; the PR5 side rides Monday, Wednesday and Friday with Chorley & South Ribble. The destination is published ahead in the calendar; photos from the day arrive in your dashboard the same evening, along with a short honest note on how your dog got on.

Book an adventure See this week's calendar

Door-to-door — we collect and return your dog at home
Small matched groups, six dogs to a qualified walker
Live map from pickup to drop-off
Photos from every adventure by 4pm

Where Preston dogs go

Real adventures, not laps of the block

Dog Kennel Wood (Cuerden Valley)

yes, really — woodland, lake and the River Lostock, ten minutes south.

Avenham & Miller Parks

the riverside classics, for city-safari days.

Beacon Fell Country Park

forest trails and fell air, half an hour north.

Longridge Fell

big-sky moorland above the Ribble Valley.

Haslam Park

canal-side wanders on the Ashton side.

The day's destination is published a week ahead on the adventure calendar, so you choose the trips your dog will love most.

Collection area

PR1 · PR2 · PR5

Preston & Longridge coverage is PR1, PR2 and the Longridge side of PR3, door to door, from 2 September. The PR5 river-south villages — Walton-le-Dale, Bamber Bridge, Lostock Hall, Higher Walton — remain core Chorley & South Ribble coverage. Penwortham, Hutton and Longton (PR4) are still waiting-list territory; the postcode checker on the booking page always has the current answer.

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Preston questions

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