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Lee Houses Cumbria Map

Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West

Explore Lee Houses, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lee Houses map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

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PlaceLee Houses
Traditional CountyCumbria
Unitary AuthorityWestmorland and Furness
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude54.750010
Longitude-2.382771
Place TypeHamlet

About Lee Houses

Lee Houses clings to the high, exposed shoulders of the North Pennines, where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of crushed heather and wet slate. It lies 4.9 miles south-south-east of Alston (from Alston: bearing 152°T, OS grid NY 754 395), and is situated south-south-east of Garrigill village. Stone walls divide the thin, acidic soil into a patchwork of stubborn fields, marking the boundary where agriculture yields to the wilder intentions of the moor. To the west, the slopes of Green Hill rise in a bruised, monochromatic swell of bracken and peat that dominates the horizon. A short distance to the north-east, the hidden drop of Ashgill Force pulls the local water down into a deep, limestone-carved throat, its constant, low-frequency roar defining the silence of the surrounding heights. Lee Houses remains a place of sparse, hard-won shelter, built from the very grit of the hills that surround it. The light here shifts with a sudden, restless intensity, casting long, lean shadows across the stone gables as the clouds race over the high ridges. Life in Lee Houses persists in the quiet tension between the enduring weight of the earth and the vast, unblinking sky above.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Paper Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 232° SW
  • Green Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 273° W
  • Ashgill Force (Waterfall) — 0.7 mi, 028° NNE
  • Petter Gill (River) — 0.8 mi, 157° SSE
  • Cross Gill (River) — 0.9 mi, 264° W
  • Ashgill Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.4 mi, 075° ENE
  • Lead Rake Workings On Flinty Fell, 800M North West Of Flinty Quarry (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 011° NNE · 13 ha
  • River South Tyne And Tynebottom Mine Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.8 mi, 327° NNW · 17 ha
  • Allen's Cleugh (Valley) — 1.9 mi, 163° SSE
  • Whitesike And Bentyfield Lead Mines And Ore Works (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 358° N · 3 ha
  • Whitesike Mine And Flinty Fell Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.0 mi, 015° NNE · 8 ha
  • Perry's Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 058° ENE
  • Fletcheras Rake Lead Workings (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 345° NNW · 23 ha
  • The Source (Public Artwork) — 2.6 mi, 182° S
  • Nenthead Mines (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 038° NE
  • Smelting Mill (Historic Ruins) — 3.0 mi, 038° NE
  • Cash Force (Waterfall) — 3.3 mi, 261° W
  • Greencastle Tarn (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.5 mi, 273° W
  • Troutbeck Foot (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.7 mi, 174° S
  • waterwheel pit (Historic Ruins) — 4.6 mi, 161° SSE
  • Tees Head (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 225° SW
  • Alston Railway Station (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 332° NNW
  • Killhope Lead Mining Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 063° ENE
  • The Hub (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 332° NNW
  • North Pennines (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) — 5.3 mi, 128° SE · 20k acres
  • Cow Green Reservoir (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 147° SSE
  • Moor House-Upper Teesdale (National Nature Reserve) — 6.7 mi, 160° SSE · 87k acres
  • Hartside Top (Viewpoint) — 6.9 mi, 282° WNW
  • Weardale Museum (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 094° E
  • Allenheads Heritage Centre (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 061° ENE

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About This Lee Houses Map Page

Explore Lee Houses, Cumbria, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.750010, -2.382771. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.