Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Preston · Region: North West
Explore Lea, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lea 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 | Lea |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Preston |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.768057 |
| Longitude | -2.759535 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Lea, a verdant suburb within Preston's embrace, unfolds its quietude beneath a sky often brushed with soft, diffused light. It lies 4.0 km south-west of Fulwood (from Fulwood: bearing 230°T, OS grid SD 500 304), and is situated south of Cottam village. The landscape here, a gentle yielding of arable fields, carries the scent of turned earth and the distant murmur of traffic, a subtle counterpoint to the rustling leaves of mature trees. Fields that have long nourished generations stretch out, their boundaries marked by hedgerows that offer sanctuary to unseen creatures, their green tenacity a constant, quiet assertion. The houses of Lea, a thoughtful collection of styles, speak of a comfortable domesticity, each with its own small patch of garden where roses climb and perennials bloom in their appointed seasons. A sense of unhurried progress pervades Lea, a place where the past is a quiet shadow and the present unfolds with a gentle, unfolding grace.
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Explore Lea, Lancashire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.768057, -2.759535. 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. |