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LiDAR map of Bedford
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Bedford, Bedfordshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 143 recorded places here: 68 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 34 listed buildings, 34 places recorded in Wikidata, 5 scheduled monuments, 2 registered parks and gardens. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Bedford lies between about 24 m and 38 m above sea level; its highest point is about 77 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 barrows or cairns, 1 motte or ringwork, 1 enclosure or other earthwork and 1 monastic site.
Bedford on the LiDAR. Bare-earth LiDAR, drawn in your browser by the RVT toolbox (the Relief Visualization Toolbox, ZRC SAZU). It opens on Combined VAT; the panel holds all seventeen of its methods, each with its settings. LiDAR: Environment Agency, 1 m composite DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Bedford, 1888–1913. The Ordnance Survey’s six-inch-to-the-mile map, second edition, surveyed between 1888 and 1913 and held by the National Library of Scotland, laid over today’s map with the paper colour removed, so the field boundaries, place names and antiquities the surveyors drew sit on the ground. More about this map
Roman roads near Bedford. The Roman road network compiled by the Roman Roads Research Association (Digital Britannia), with each road’s grade of evidence, and the Roman forts, camps and towns along them. More about this map
Aerial archaeology at Bedford. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. The records hold 68 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Bedford with everything Waystone has
The full map lays the LiDAR under the Ordnance Survey's six-inch maps of 1843–1913, the Roman road network, Historic England's aerial survey (68 features in this area) and the 143 recorded places in this area, with search, the sun dial, the ground probe and the cross-section tool, for all of England and Wales. Free, with nothing to install.
- County
- Bedfordshire, England
- Area
- 22.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 143
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 24–38 m above sea level; highest 77 m
- ONS code
- E43000273
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Bedford Castle motte and baileyScheduled monument
- Mortuary enclosure 1200m north-west of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexScheduled monument
- Barrow and mortuary enclosure 1100m WNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexScheduled monument
- A barrow 1000m NW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complexScheduled monument
- Bedford ParkRegistered park or garden
- Bedford CemeteryRegistered park or garden
- Site of Newnham PrioryScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Statue of John Howard
- Bedford Shire Hall
- Bedford School Chapel
- Church of St Paul
- Church of St Peter
- Church of St John
- Former Parish Church of St Mary
- Town Hall
- Bunyan Monument
- Bedford War Memorial
- Bedford Boer War Memorial
- Goldington War Memorial
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Polish Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart
- The Swan Hotel
- Goldington Hall
- Harpur Suite
- Harpur Centre
- St John's Hospital
- St Mary's House
- House
- Bedford School
- Administrative Block and Children's Ward
- Howard Building, Bedford School
- Remains of the Old George Inn
- Church of St Martin
- Former Church of St Luke United Church
- Flower Pot Inn
- The Ship Inn
- King's Arms Hotel
and 4 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- HM Prison BedfordWikidata place
- Risinghoe CastleWikidata place
- Hybrid Air VehiclesWikidata place
- Fenlake MeadowsWikidata place
- Hill RiseWikidata place
- Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and RecordsWikidata place
- Cardington Artificial Slalom CourseWikidata place
- Dame Alice Harpur SchoolWikidata place
- Goldington BuryWikidata place
- Harrowden Middle SchoolWikidata place
- John Howard Upper SchoolWikidata place
- Panacea SocietyWikidata place
- Polam SchoolWikidata place
- Priory Country ParkWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Bedford Castle790 m south-west
- Renhold Castle4.9 km east
- Eastcotts Castle7.1 km south-east
Neighbouring parishes
Reading the LiDAR
The terrain model has trees, crops and buildings removed, so banks, ditches, mounds, old field systems and hollow ways show as relief. Many are modern or natural: check the records and the old Ordnance Survey map in the app. How to read a LiDAR map. Scheduled monuments are protected by law; use public rights of way.
Sources
- LiDAR: Environment Agency, 1 m composite DTM, Open Government Licence.
- Heights: Waystone, from the same LiDAR sampled about every 12 m inside the boundary; 'most of the ground' is the middle 80% of those heights; metres above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
- Parish boundary: Office for National Statistics, Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas (December 2024), Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025.
- Recorded places: the national heritage records (Historic England, Cadw, Coflein and others) as held by Waystone.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Last updated 2026-10-16.