Well. Heres a quick rundown of the ones I can think of nearby.

Holiday Inn - Town Centre. Right next to bus station and guild hall. Probably relatively pricy but (Im told) quite nice inside these days.

Marriott - Broughton (North of Preston) on A6. Very nice. Very expensive. Strictly for the loaded (Ed).

Norman Jepson Travel Lodge - just off M6 J31A. Standard travel lodge fare with a Brewsters pub providing the food.

Premier Lodge - Bamber Bridge. Just out to the south of Preston near M6 J29. Again, pretty standard I assume.

Whitburn House Hotel - A6 north of city centre. Looks nice enough and well maintained from the outside and is out of the city centre if thats what youre after. Too far to walk into town for a night out or whatever but a taxi would only be a few quid even after midnight.

Holiday Inn Express - just off the M6 at J32/M55 J1. Another travel type place with a Tom Cobleigh pub providing sustenance.

Im sure there are more but theyre the ones that spring to mind on the basis that youre always pretty safe in a travel inn clone. I think theres another one actually IN the charnock richard services (south of M6 J2 but youre a fair old way out of Preston then, albeit right on the motorway.

Theres also numerous small city centre B&Bs. I know nothing about any of these - Im sure some of them are ok, but some are largely inhabited by DSS residents and should be avoided for a recreational stay over. Many are on Fishergate Hill. One of the larger ones is the Moose Hotel but its at your own risk as I know nothing about it.

Hope this is some use

-- Kev