What is "garstang"

Garstang is an old market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster. In 2011, the parish had a total resident population of 4,268; the larger Garstang Built-up Area, which includes the adjoining settlements of Bonds and Cabus, had population of 6,779. Garstang is famous for being the world's first ever Fairtrade Town.

Garstang is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Jim Garstang, pianist for the Cathedral Quartet from 1972 through 1973
• John Garstang 1876–1956, British archaeologist of the ancient Near East
• Timi Garstang, American-born Marshallese track athlete
• Walter Garstang 1868–1949, Professor of Zoology at the University of Leeds, one of the first to study the functional biology of marine invertebrate larvae