Lee, London

Lee
St Margaret's Church, Lee, rebuilt between 1839 and 1841
Lee Location within Greater London
Population	14,573 (Lee Green ward, 2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	TQ395745
London borough	Lewisham Greenwich
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	SE12
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Lewisham East
London Assembly	Greenwich and Lewisham Greenwich and Lewisham
List of places UK England London 51°27′08″N 0°00′31″E / 51.4522°N 0.0086°E / 51.4522; 0.0086

Lee, also known as Lee Green, is an area of South East London, England, straddling the border of the London Borough of Lewisham and the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is located northwest of Eltham and southeast of Lewisham. It was in Kent before becoming part of the County of London in 1889, and then Greater London in 1965.^[2]

The churchyard of St Margaret's Church (current church rebuilt 1839–41, architect: John Brown) is the burial place of three Astronomers Royal: Edmond Halley, Nathaniel Bliss and John Pond.