Location:
Rooms:
Dimensions:
District:
Pertinent facts:
Temple Way in Hartwood Green, in the Preston suburb of Chorley, Lancashire,
next to Junction 8 of the M61 motorway.
Four ordinance rooms and four sealing rooms.
65,000 square-feet on three levels, with a statue of Angel Moroni
atop 155-foot tower. The building is 102 feet by 175 feet on a 15-acre site.
21 stakes and two districts in northern England, north Wales,
Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Announced April 19, 1992; ground broken June 12, 1994;
opened to public May 16-30, 1998; total number of visitors, 123,607;
dedicated June 7-10, 1998, by President Gordon B. Hinckley in 15 sessions.
Contact the Preston Temple:
Return to homepage
Go to articles on temple worship