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Lee-on-the-Solent, is a small seaside town in Hampshire about five miles west of Portsmouth. The town gained its name from the river Lee - a small stream that flows from Peel Common into the Solent, which was originally used to name three hamlets along its length. Two of the hamlets, Lower Lee and Middle Lee, were to become Lee-on-the-Solent, while a third hamlet (known as Upper Lee) was to become Peel Common.

The town is located on the coast of the Solent and forms part of the borough of Gosport. It is primarily a sleepy residential area, with an upsurge of, mostly local, visitors in summer.

Lee is best known as being home to the Royal Naval Air Station HMS Daedalus (previously known as HMS Ariel). The station has been closed for several years, but remains in use for leisure gliding and as the base of a HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter.

Recently there has been debate and much controversy over plans for the Daedalus site. At one stage, there were suggestions that it would be used as a detention centre for asylum seekers, a move that was unpopular with local residents and was subsequently dropped. Channel 4 produced a documentary in 2004 dealing with the opposition to these plans.

In early May 2006, an unexploded pipe bomb was found under HMS Daedalus during runway repairs. 60 feet (20 metres) long, it was designed to detonate in the event of a Nazi invasion during The Second World War.

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