Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East
Explore The Lee, Northumberland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Lee 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 | The Lee |
| Traditional County | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.273593 |
| Longitude | -1.861700 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
The Lee, a quiet gathering of stone and spirit, endures in Northumberland’s rolling embrace. It lies 5.1 km south-east of Rothbury (from Rothbury: bearing 143°T, OS grid NZ 088 977). The air here carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and distant sheep, a constant reminder of the land that cradles this place. Fields, stitched with drystone walls that have weathered more seasons than most men live, fall away towards the Coquet Valley, their green hues shifting with the passing clouds. The Lee’s houses, predominantly of local stone, seem to have grown organically from the earth, their slate roofs catching the pale, northern light with a muted sheen. A sense of quiet continuity pervades, as if the generations who have lived and worked here left an indelible mark not on grand monuments, but in the very texture of the lanes and the patient endurance of the landscape.
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Explore The Lee, Northumberland, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 55.273593, -1.861700. 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. |