Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Tendring · Region: Eastern
Explore Lee-over-Sands, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lee-over-Sands 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.
| Place | Lee-over-Sands |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Tendring |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.772291 |
| Longitude | 1.053616 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Lee-over-Sands, a quiet hamlet in Tendring, Essex, catches the pale light of the East Anglian sky. It lies 4.8 km south-south-east of Brightlingsea (from Brightlingsea: bearing 155°T, OS grid TM 107 125), and is situated west-south-west of Seawick village. The landscape here speaks of salt-laced air and the gentle persistence of the tides, the land stretching towards the wide estuary with a certain resigned beauty. A faint scent of brine often drifts inland, a reminder of the sea's proximity, mingling with the richer aromas of cultivated fields. The very air seems to possess a peculiar clarity, as if scrubbed clean by coastal winds, lending a sharp definition to the distant horizon and the scattered farmsteads. Lee-over-Sands, in its unassuming way, offers a glimpse into a corner of England where the rhythm of life is still subtly dictated by the ebb and flow of the waters.
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Explore Lee-over-Sands, Essex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.772291, 1.053616. 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 built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |