Roberts Steel Hairdressing in Fulwood adds a 2026 Best of Lancashire honour

For a neighbourhood salon, a single award is something to celebrate. For Roberts Steel Hairdressing in Fulwood, recognition has become something of a habit, and 2026 has brought another honour for the team on Garstang Road.

The salon was among the Lancashire businesses celebrated at the English Hair & Beauty Awards 2026, North edition. Coverage of the results listed it with an outstanding achievement in the Best of Lancashire category, one of several Preston names on the list.

It was a good year for the city's hair and beauty scene more widely. Devlin's Hair and Jo & Cass Hair & Beauty were also recognised for excellence, while Flame Urban Spa was recognised in the Beauty Salon of the Year category. In nearby Chorley, Nat Hair & Co and Kolo Hair & Beauty Boutique were also among the winners.

Roberts Steel sits at 284 Garstang Road, on the corner with Sharoe Green Lane. A 2020 report noted that the salon had been on that corner for 14 years and employed seven people, which makes it a long-standing part of daily life in Fulwood.

That same year the team won Best Hair Salon Team at the English Hair and Beauty Awards. In 2021 owner Natalie Roberts Steel was named North West Hair Salon of the Year and Hairdresser of the Year at the British Hair and Beauty Awards, held in Manchester.

The run continued. The salon was named Salon of the Year at the English Hair Awards in 2023, and in 2024 it was shortlisted again for the English Hair and Beauty Awards before winning the title of best salon in Lancashire and the North West. It was also highly commended in the best team category that year.

The work is not limited to the salon chair. The team also offers wedding styling and works at outside events, and the 2020 report described it as part of the Kevin Murphy session styling programme.

For Fulwood residents, it is a reminder that some of the county's most decorated hairdressing is right on their doorstep, on one of Preston's busiest roads, with a team that has been building its reputation there for close to two decades.