Lea
Lea is a suburb in Lea, Preston District, England. Lea is situated nearby to the neighborhood Larches, as well as near Savick.Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Christopher’s Church and Ribble Steam Railway.
Ribble Steam Railway
Museum
Photo: K A, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ribble Steam Railway is a standard gauge preserved railway in Lancashire, in the United Kingdom. It was opened to the public on 17 September 2005, running along Preston Docks.
Preston Riverside railway station
Railway station
Preston Riverside railway station is the only station on the heritage Ribble Steam Railway, in Riversway, Preston, Lancashire, England. It was built and opened in 2005, adjacent to the museum and workshops, while providing a heritage service to Strand Road Crossing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Preston and Whitestake.
Preston
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Preston is a city in the county of Lancashire in North West England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a former textile and engineering town; it still makes aircraft, hosts the county local government, and has a university.
Whitestake
Village
Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitestake is a small village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England, on the eastern edge of New Longton It is at the boundary of the parishes of Farington, Longton and Penwortham. Whitestake is situated 3½ miles southeast of Lea.
Catforth
Village
Catforth is a village in the English civil parish of Woodplumpton and the City of Preston district, in Lancashire, England. There is a village hall and the now-closed pub, The Running Pump, is situated on Catforth Road, which is the village's main road. Catforth is situated 3½ miles north of Lea.
Lea
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Lea, Preston District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.76505° or 53° 45′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.77096° or 2° 46′ 16″ westElevation
69 feet (21 metres)Open location code
9C5VQ68H+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 345261813OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13272852
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