Lea is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

[2] It is at the junction of the A156 and B1241, approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) south from Gainsborough town centre.

[3] There are no shops in the village, the nearest being a supermarket and filling station 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away at Gainsborough.

It is one of seven churches in the Lea group of the Deanery of Corringham in the Diocese of Lincoln.

Lea is on a bus route, provided by Stagecoach, that runs from Scunthorpe to Lincoln.