Lea, Herefordshire

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Lea
Herefordshire, Gloucestershire
Lea Church, Herefordshire - geograph.org.uk - 58374.jpg
Church of St John the Baptist, Lea
Location
Grid reference: SO655214
Location: 51°53’35"N, 2°29’56"W
Data
Population: 673  (2011[1])
Post town: Ross-on-Wye
Postcode: HR9
Dialling code: 01989
Local Government
Parliamentary
constituency:
Hereford
and South Herefordshire

Lea is a village and civil parish in the south-east of Herefordshire, just south-east of Ross-on-Wye and adjoining Gloucestershire. The ancient parish is divided into the townships of Lea Upper in Herefordshire and Lea Lower in Gloucestershire.

Amenities in the village include a school, church, village hall, shop, public house, garage and Post Office, all of which lie on the A40 road which passes through the village.

The railway engineering company Alan Keef Ltd has its headquarters on the outskirts of the village.[2]

Between 1855 and 1964, Lea was served by Mitcheldean Road railway station on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway.

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The ancient parish of Lea, showing the division into townships
Herefordshire roundel.svg
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