Place:Lee, Kent, England

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NameLee
TypeDistrict
Located inKent, England
Also located inGreater London, England    
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Lee (also Lee Green) is a district of south London, England, located mostly in the London Borough of Lewisham and partly in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district lies to the east of Lewisham, one mile west of Eltham, and one mile south of Blackheath village. Lee is within the SE12 postcode district and was originally the district's name; Lee Green is the name of the electoral ward covering the area of Lee within the Lewisham Borough.

St Margaret's Church (built 1839–41, architect: John Brown) is the burial place of three Astronomers Royal: Edmond Halley, Nathaniel Bliss and John Pond. It had (until 2006) two public houses with almost identical names – The Old Tiger's Head and The New Tiger's Head – facing each other on opposite sides of the same road. Folklore states that The Old Tiger's Head is in fact the newer of the two. A small part of Lee, around Horn Park Lane and Alnwick Road, is in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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