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Lees
Total population
12,630
Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Lees is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, amongst the Pennines east of the River Medlock, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of Oldham, and 8.2 miles (13.2 km) northeast of Manchester.
History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves23,430
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves21,265
- European RobinErithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves20,917
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves20,545
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves18,949
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves18,535
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves17,231
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves15,828
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.4 — 2025-12-030 km ESE of Carnforth, United Kingdom
- M 2.7 — 2023-06-282 km SE of Cheadle, United Kingdom
- M 3.6 — 2022-05-302 km ESE of Prees, United Kingdom
- M 2.6 — 2014-10-282 km NNE of Hucknall, United Kingdom
- M 3.2 — 2013-08-2523 km W of Cleveleys, United Kingdom
- M 2.9 — 2013-01-180 km NE of Hathern, United Kingdom
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in England
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Lees
![[Report 1950]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/11794767-M.jpg)
![[Report 1971]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/11794766-M.jpg)
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
ONS — UK Office for National Statistics
- ONS code
- osgb4000000074563560
- Local type
- Town
- Region
- North West
api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • ONS / OS Open Names — UK official place gazetteer, via api.postcodes.io (OS code, local type, county/unitary, district/borough, region)
- • ONS — UK Office for National Statistics — api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names