Preston is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, situated 2.2 km south-east of the town of Cirencester.

[1] Preston was mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) as Prestetune.

[2] Preston is a small village, which for much of its existence has lied 1.5 miles east of Circencester between the A417 to Fairford and the A419 to Swindon.

In recent years, however, the village has extended south In 2011 the Census recorded 327 inhabitants in the civil parish.

The 2021 Census data for the Parish is not yet available but the population in the Cotswolds District as a whole has increased by 9.6% in the 10 years between 2011 and 2021.