Leigh may refer to:

Places

In England

Pronounced : * Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan **

Leigh (UK Parliament constituency) Leigh is a constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by James Grundy of the Conservative Party. Before this, the seat was represented by Andy Burnham of the Labour Party, who serv ...

Leigh-on-Sea Leigh-on-Sea (), commonly referred to simply as Leigh, is a town and civil parish in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. In 2011, it had a population of 22,509. Geography Leigh-on-Sea is on the northern ...

, Essex Pronounced : *

Leigh, Dorset Leigh () is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately south-southwest of Sherborne. It is known as the site of a former Miz Maze. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 480. His ...

* Leigh, Gloucestershire *

Leigh, Kent Leigh , historically spelled Lyghe, is a village and a civil parish located in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. It is located six miles (10 km) south of Sevenoaks town and three miles (5 km) west of Tonbridge. There is a large ...

* Leigh, Staffordshire *

Leigh, Surrey Leigh is a village and civil parish in Surrey, between Reigate, Dorking and Charlwood in the east of Mole Valley district. The village centre is suburban and its remainder is agricultural, interspersed by four satellite clustered localities: ...

* Leigh, Wiltshire *

Leigh, Worcestershire Leigh is a village and civil parish (with a parish council shared with Bransford) in the Malvern Hills district of the county of Worcestershire, England. With just a few hundred inhabitants the parish lies on the A4103, the main Worcester to ...

Leigh-on-Mendip Leigh-on-Mendip or Leigh upon Mendip (on Ordnance Survey maps) is a small village on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It lies roughly equidistant from Frome, Radstock and Shepton Mallet at about from each town. The village has several spo ...

, Somerset (also known as Leigh upon Mendip) * Leigh Delamere, Wiltshire * Leigh Green, Kent *

Leigh Park Leigh Park is a large suburb (population 27,500) of Havant, in Hampshire, England. It currently forms the bulk or whole of four electoral wards: Battins, Bondfields, Barncroft and Warren Park (generally referred to as 'The Warren'). Staunton C ...

, Hampshire * Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire * Leigh Woods, Somerset * Abbots Leigh, Somerset *

East Leigh East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

, Devon * Little Leigh, Cheshire * Little Leighs, Essex * North Leigh, Oxfordshire

Elsewhere

Leigh, County Tipperary Leigh is a townland in the civil parish of Twomileborris, County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the t ...

, Ireland *

Leigh, Nebraska Leigh is a village in Colfax County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 405 at the 2010 census. History Leigh was founded in the 1870s. Leigh was the maiden name of the first postmaster's wife. A post office was established at Leigh in 1 ...

, United States * Leigh, New South Wales, in

Bellingen Shire Bellingen Shire is a local government area in the mid north coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Pacific Highway, Waterfall Way and the North Coast railway line. The Mayor of the Bellingen Shire ...

, Australia *

Leigh, New Zealand Leigh is a small coastal community in the north of the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It lies on the west side of Omaha Cove, a small inlet within Omaha Bay to the south of Cape Rodney. It is 13 km from Matakana, 21 km from Warkworth ...

* Leigh, Texas, United States, the location of historic site Mimosa Hall *

Leigh Canyon Leigh Canyon is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The canyon was formed by glaciers which retreated at the end of the last glacial maximum approximately 15,000 years ago, leaving behind a U-shaped valley. Leigh ...

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Leigh Lake Leigh Lake is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U. S. state of Wyoming. The glacially formed lake is wide and long from north to south. Situated just southeast of Mount Moran, the lake is at the terminus of both Paintbrush and Leig ...

, Wyoming, United States *

Leigh River (Victoria) The Leigh River (or Waywatcurtan in the indigenous language) is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features The Leigh River is a major t ...

, Australia

Other uses

Leigh (name) Leigh ( ) is both an English surname and a unisex given name meaning "meadow" and "delicate." Surname * Alex Leigh (born 1978), English fashion model * Augusta Leigh (1783–1851), only daughter of John "Mad Jack" Byron * Benjamin W. Leigh (178 ...

, a surname and given name * Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England *

Leigh & Orange Leigh & Orange Ltd ( Chinese: 利安, formerly known as 李柯倫治), founded in Hong Kong in 1874, is an international architectural and interior design practice. The group has a total of 550 staff and operates through its headquarter ...

, Hong Kong * Leigh Centurions, a rugby league football club in Greater Manchester *

Leigh's disease Leigh syndrome (also called Leigh disease and subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy) is an inherited neurometabolic disorder that affects the central nervous system. It is named after Archibald Denis Leigh, a British neuropsychiatry, neuropsy ...

, a rare neurometabolic disorder of the central nervous system * Leigh Light, an antisubmarine device used in World War II

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