Avenham and Frenchwood are the central communities which make up the Town Centre ward of Preston City Council, in Lancashire, England.

The name of the ward was chosen by the Boundary Committee for England prior to Preston being awarded city status.

The difference between the new build 6-figure sum properties of Winckley Square and the community association housing in Avenham is stark, as is the continuing regeneration of the city.

Avenham and Frenchwood form part of the Lancashire County Council electoral division of Preston City, in addition to the Broadgate and docklands ward of Riversway.

At the 2008 Preston Council election the recorded electorate of Town Centre ward was 5,296[1] Avenham has always been a populous community at the heart of Preston, be it the age of back-to-back terraced housing, or the current mix of multi-occupancy homes, new build flats, old style high-rises, and low income houses.