Bonds 1947 Preston in Preston

A stunning brutalist masterpiece. Like a big alien space ship has landed in central Preston.

Run down,hardly anything in it ,it does have Raac problems with the building

Used to be good but know in need of a overhaul Bowling lanes to greasy with fresh oils...and do not actually work as they should.. slight bend etc.. nothing like it!! Spin doesn't work.. abysmal. But I did get a transfer but no offer of a refund wth?? Shuffleboard completely knackered 4 bits missing on 1 table!! Don't slide 1 end but do the other wth? Staff stood about chatting behind the bar. Wet bar. Just not good enough by far Go to flowerbowl instead!!! Really dissatisfied and it's ashame as it was once ace!!!! Messy areas.. teens smoking weed outside every night which isn't there fault but very intimidating to be near... outsidecares full of chewing gum on floor outside. .... They need to upgrade certain areas and until they do I will not be returning anytime soon. Shame really .. it's needs to be much better in many ways. P.s the lanes really didn't work.. I saw a semi pro player using massive spin but it went straight and he was not happy!!!! Like any business they need to keep on top of things Staff training is a must. Arms folded On phones Etc etc

Great arcade and crazy golf 😄😄😄😄

Brilliant pinball machines, love go8ng there ! Staff are fantastic also.

Great service and welcoming staff. Extremely clean and well presented with well tended amenities. ☆☆☆☆☆

Visited the Level. It has a lot of activities under a single roof and unique to Preston. However staff weren't very helpful...and even my daughter and her friends who went there for a birthday party felt they were quite rude. Having booked the laser tag event...I got the girls there and found that some others who hadn't booked the slot had been allowed in. They then made the girls do the event with those people who were not part of the group...absolute shambles..spoils the experience

Used to be a great venue. Shame the owner didn't have the vision to make the most of it.

Was good shame it's on it's way out

The preston guild Hall have really good shows like the blue brothers live show.

Charter Theatre psychic Sally Morgan. Amazing show, fantastic venue on my doorstep. Love shows here.

Amazing concert, great atmosphere. We had an unforgettable evening

Charter Hall is a lovely experience, went to watch Stuart Francis last night it was fantastic

When Rigby took over he promised the big bands and comedians would return but the usual tribute acts and AmDram are booked every quarter year. In the past I've seen Northern Stage productions of Animal Farm, 1984, A Clockwork Orange and Hamlet. I've seen Weller, League of Gentleman, Frank Skinner, Beautiful South and more. Bands just breaking through should be snapped up and given a platform. Back in the early 90s The Verve played here. The Charlatans as well. Nowadays, Preston Guild Hall is just owned and operated by a charlatan.

Its clean, tidy but sad to see ap many of the units closed. It used to be a thriving place. Good access to the Charter theatre.

Very dated and run down but a good venue where there are no bad seats

Ok for kids but need to update inside

Overall a beautiful building. Excellent facilities. Lovely place to spend some time.

The venue is great. Toilets updated but no mirrors. Very few bar staff for crowd when I attended. Some not trained well and inefficient. Please please stop using plastic cups and make the easy switch to PLA, a biodegradable alternative as the amount of waste created at this venue is terrible.

The play was great, the Guild Hall is always a good venue. Seats could do with new upholstery adding. Overall though, not bad.

Great venue, easy to access well signposted

Very strange venue, attended for the Evil Blizzard, Part Chimp and Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs gig. Decent sound for what is essentially a round theatre venue, raked seating surrounds the standing area on the 2nd floor, the bars are on the 1st floor and the entrance is on the ground floor. It's around a 10 minute walk from Preston train station, a few restaurants and take aways are dotted around the Guild Hall.

Nice place! Top notch banter! Could not recommend enough, had a smashing time!

The Guildhall looks a far cry from its pristine appearance in the 70s and later years. It looks tired and neglected. I wouldn't recommend, that in its current state, anyone should go to it for whatever reason. Its become an embarrassment to this wonderful city.. What should be the showpiece of Lancashire, is just an eyesore..

Good place to watch the snooker ..one of my personal favourites

Huge venue for music and events. Easy to get to, loads of parking and plenty of bars and toilets.

Good night with great entertainment

Found the seating too narrow between the rows reminder me of 1960,s in the Empire and Ritz..I won't go into this charter theatre again ,Main Halls far superior.

Great night at a great venue! Best and friendliest doorstaff that i've EVER encountered!! ♠️👽🛸👾🚀🐸🍄☮️🕉️

Great shows held here, I've been to see a few and the performances are 😩👌

Great mid size theatre. Big enough for many, small enough for intimate atmosphere. In a complex with plenty of parking. Went to see Francis Rossi tour. Excellent.

Great venue, took a while to find it, not having been to Preston before, it was disguised as a shopping centre, could do with a few clearer signs, the ones outside look like advertising.

Brilliant went to see rolling stones story,ad great seats,be there again end of month for wet wet wet xx

Went to watch my granddaughter in a show.

Got kicked out. Come on Ronnie.

Ok venue inside. Ugly building.

Use local bars for intermission drinks...

Seats were too close with the row in front.The show was a disappointment and we left at the interval.

Great to support careers event #hospitality #Careers #Chef #hospitality

£4 for a pint of lemonade takes the biscuit

Great venue with 3 bars downstairs. Awesome.

been to watch the snooker all the staff were really friendly had a good afternoon

We went on Friday evening to watch Alijaz and Jeanette ( apologies if I spelt his name wrong) and what a fantastic show. First time I have been to the theatre and was impressed by the easy way it was connected to the car park. I would have awarded 5 stars but on reaching the circle the heat was overpowering, everyone was fanning themselves and taking clothes off and still it was unbearable. The seating was very tight you could not sit with your knees comfortable and I am not a giant. My husband who has arthritis in his knees was so much in pain I had to ask if he could move to the side where the disabled sit although he usually is fine anywhere including plane seats where there isn’t a lot of room. Apart from those two issues the show was one of the best we have seen. If these issues were attended to I would love to visit again.

Went to the snooker recently, excellent venue, view, facilities.Car park useful although very soulless and walk, albeit inside, to venue

Seating is sad and tired but otherwise a good experience

Evening was spoilt because the theatre was too hot. Felt quite poorly by the end of the show. Also spoilt by people being allowed in after the show had started and also by people sitting along the sides of the theatre dress circle causing problems by blocking exits and the usher speaking to them quite loudly to make them move 😠. Shame because the theatre itself if lovely.

Nice place with beautiful views.

Attended for the Snooker semi final. Once in the Arena area it was fine and we enjoyed the match. The waiting area is small and dull with little choice of overpriced merchandice. Then when allowed into the arena we were herded like lambs through a single entrance up 2 flights of stairs which was a very uncomfortable and claustrophobic experience. An accident waiting to happen! Why the other entrances were not open and people be allowed to enter at their own leisure I do not know.

Went to see my Granddaughter in a WRIST production. Various Junior Schools in the South Ribble area. Was taken up a lift as I am disabled and left on my own, not happy. My wife who had gone in advance to get seats had to come and find me so I could join the group.

Been here a few times to see snooker. Great venue. Great parking, but, cash *only* in a car park, in the 21st Century, really?! Come on - get with the programme.

Ideal snooker venue, bring a jumper it's not very warm to say the least.

Great little venue, very intimate for music. Saw pigeon detectives and enter shikari here and the atmosphere was fantastic.

This is a great venue, been there for years but doesn't get the use it deserves.

Lots of excellent events take place at the Guild Hall and Charter Theatre all year round, with a wide range of entertainment available. Whether it's sport (snooker, darts, wrestling), music, pantomime, or other shows the facilities are great and I've always found the staff to be friendly and helpful. I've not had a bad experience in the many years I've been attending.

Loved it, amazing seats friendly staff brill show not overpriced.

Looking a bit tired now but still the best theatre in the area

Bad organisation and rude staff

Good food and drinks in the heart of Preston. Very friendly staff. We visit often and are never disappointed. Good food and great prices.

Had a great night. Helpful staff.

The place in Preston for shows and larger scale events but still small enough to host private functions like awards evenings and dance school shows. The bar is reasonably priced for a show venue and there is a wide variety on offer.

DNA mindreaders were great however the venue is VERY expensive and cold - my partner was driving so I asked for a coffee to be told no! I know how much it costs to make 1 jug of filter coffee and judging by their other prices they would have made a huge profit by just selling 1 cup! We sat throughout the performance shivering, I'm sure they could have put the heating on for an hour or so. Staff maybe need a refresher in customer service and learn how to smile

Really gone downhill since takeover.

Very good auditorium . Acoustics good

Needs a remodel and the way in via the shops is rather grotty

Been there a few times. Decent place

Good venue, relaxed comfortable. The gig we went to there was the choice of standing or sitting

Great customer care at pigeon detectives gig yesterday. Courteous bar staff and reasonable prices, great security staff too. My teenage son really enjoyed thus gig and venue. Fab for gigs, we enjoyed sitting in stalls before the support acts started too, would deffo come here again! Last time I was here was 1988 for my graduation and 2017 for my son's graduation- thanks PGH!

Another very well organised dance show by the fever dance company.

Fantastic sound in this venue, low ceilings

Decent sized venue with great acoustics.skids and big country gig.great show.

Museum is really worth a visit at the moment

Excellent sound from a great venue .watched FM and Dare there was a great night of rock!

The guild hall is a very nice place containing many shops, small cafes and restaurants and even some entertainment facilities like the 'level' which contains a bowling alley, crazy golf and an obstacle course, it joins onto the bus station which is a beautifully designed building. Great place to do lots of things!

Visited for a UCLAN graduation, clean and tidy but some of the seating is very tatty.

Great event happens there preston comic con

Great staff, very helpful. We'll organised venue.

Positives: Good reasonable convenient parking, indoor access, comfortable seating. Negatives: Beginning to show its age, facilities out of the main hall need improving.

The hall itself was really good and an added bonus was the car park was actually a part of the building

Interesting place. Good location

Went to my daughters graduation , beautiful day x

Friendly enough staff .Tariffs not over the top. Looks like it could do with a make over

Very difficult to find when you have never been to it and are not local. No signposts. I needed to use the lift to get to the concert but it was locked and there was no one to ask to unlick it. So i had to struggle to use escalator. Very dangerous as I am disabled. The concert hall itself was good and the service was good.

A nice place for an event, the food is good and the bar is well stocked. The catering staff do occasionally get confused when serving large numbers however

Great venue, took the partner put for some drinks and a night out and found this place to be very pleasant and staff was very friendly and accommodating. The venue was very clean and couldn't fault this place,,as we had a great night all round. Recommend this place.

Decent enough venue. Drinks were expensive as expected.

Love goin bounce events at this venue 😍

It was easy to find my way through and had a range of different shops like a cafe or great places to spend time with friends and family E.G bowling or the charter theatre

Good choice of restaurant's, drink establishments and liesure activities

My daughter's graduation lived every minute. Drinks are expensive though

Love what they have done with guild hall been to review, a music's event wouldn't mind going bowling

Excellent venue for live music and spacious viewing - under cover Car parking is nearby

Went to pantomime great setting

A bit run down. Show productions are always good.

I attended clubland night was absoulty amazing

Could do with a good clean. Bar staff work hard but is just a meeting place for the drunk rowdy crowd.

Fantastic night CLUBLAND smashed it!

Robi wrażenie, ogromna aula koncertowa.

Saw Australian Pink Floyd there.

Still a reasonable venue but looking tired these days. Bearing in mind it's now nearly 50 years old, it's a money draining extremely large behemoth that the council couldn't get rid of quick enough. All credit to the new owner for trying to turn it around, I wish him all the best.

Fantastic night out love seeing my daughter sing in the choir