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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.0711,Lat: 53.5404
Elevation	255 meter above sea level
Local time	16:25:47pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (Metropolitan District)	Oldham
Name	Saddleworth West and Lees
Other place with same name 1	Lees England - Derbyshire

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Thornlea Fold	1.4 km	SouthEast
2 Oldham	1.9 km	West
3 Alt	2 km	SouthWest
4 Grasscroft	2.5 km	East
5 Park Bridge	2.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	173 km	NorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	240 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	278 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 50 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Longdendale (0.6 km² at a distance of 10.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is High Peak with a height of 636 meter (at a distance of 21.9 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 68.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 96 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 53%, hill: 47%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 25 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (at a distance of 45 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.3 km2

2.9%

Nature

7.1 km2

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

27 km2

34.4%

Urban area

35.7 km2

45.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lees in country England

Lees at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	38 km	SouthWest
2 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	38 km	NorthEast
3 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	63 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Lees
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oldham

Type of weather in Oldham	broken clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:03 Europe/Amsterdam