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Where is Lees?

Lees is located in the county of Derbyshire, East Midlands, five miles west of the major city of Derby, and 116 miles north-west of London. Lees lies five miles east of the Staffordshire border. Lees falls within the district council of South Derbyshire, under the county council of Derbyshire. It is in the DE6 postcode district. The post town for Lees is Ashbourne.

Lees on a map

Map showing extent of Lees as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Lees
Map showing location of Lees within the UK
Location of Lees within the UK

Which county is Lees in?

Lees is in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, the historic county of Derbyshire, and the administrative county of Derbyshire.

Ceremonial CountyDerbyshire
Historic CountyDerbyshire
Administrative CountyDerbyshire

Where is Lees in Derbyshire?

Lees is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Derbyshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Derbyshire.

Map showing location of Lees within Derbyshire
Location of Lees within Derbyshire

What is the postcode for Lees?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Lees is DE6 5BE.

Where is Lees in DE6?

Lees is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the DE6 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the DE6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Lees within DE6
Location of Lees within DE6

What is the post town for Lees?

The post town for Lees is Ashbourne. Lees is in the DE6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Ashbourne.

What is the latitude and longitude of Lees?

The centre of Lees is located at position 52.93152° latitude and -1.60783° longitude.

Latitude52.93152°
Longitude-1.60783°

What is the easting and northing of Lees?

The centre of Lees is located at the grid reference easting 426458 and northing 337196 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting426458
Northing337196

What are the nearest towns to Lees?

Position of Lees relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Lees to the centre of the town.

south-east
8m
Lees is 8 miles south-east of Ashbourne
south-west
8m
Lees is 8 miles south-west of Belper
north
9m
Lees is 9 miles north of Burton upon Trent
south
11m
Lees is 11 miles south of Wirksworth
east
11m
Lees is 11 miles east of Uttoxeter
north
11m
Lees is 11 miles north of Swadlincote
south-west
12m
Lees is 12 miles south-west of Ripley
south-west
12m
Lees is 12 miles south-west of Heanor
west
13m
Lees is 13 miles west of Ilkeston
west
13m
Lees is 13 miles west of Sandiacre

What are the nearest cities to Lees?

Position of Lees relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Lees to the centre of the city.

west
5m
Lees is 5 miles west of Derby
west
19m
Lees is 19 miles west of Nottingham
north-east
19m
Lees is 19 miles north-east of Lichfield
east
24m
Lees is 24 miles east of Stoke-on-Trent
north-west
29m
Lees is 29 miles north-west of Leicester
south
32m
Lees is 32 miles south of Sheffield
north-east
32m
Lees is 32 miles north-east of Wolverhampton
north
34m
Lees is 34 miles north of Birmingham
north
36m
Lees is 36 miles north of Coventry
south-west
45m
Lees is 45 miles south-west of Doncaster