page_title: Central Lancashire
section_title: 21st century
hierarchical_section_title: Central Lancashire / 21st century
caption_attribution_description: English: Preston Urban Area, shown within Central Lancashire, England. Preston Urban Area is sub-divided into five disjoint areas, Preston, Leyland, en:Chorley, Euxton and Wymott Prison, each of which is a contiguous urban area. Central Lancashire consists of the three local government districts of the City of Preston, the Borough of South Ribble and the Borough of Chorley.
context_page_description: Central Lancashire is an area of Lancashire, England.
context_section_description: Since 2008, Central Lancashire is an area of joint spatial planning covering the Lancashire districts of the City of Preston, the Borough of South Ribble and the Borough of Chorley, referring to the area covered by the three districts. A joint Local Development Framework was adopted in 2012.
  The officially estimated population in 2009 was 347,600.
  The Office for National Statistics gives the 2011 population of the Preston Built-up Area, covering Preston, Leyland, Chorley, Bamber Bridge, Fulwood, Hutton, Longton, Adlington, Grimsargh and Euxton, as 313,322. This area replaced the 2001 definition of Preston Urban Area which then had a population of 264,601.
caption: Preston Urban Area in 2001 within Central Lancashire
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