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LiDAR map of Pencoed
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Pencoed (Pen-coed), a community in Bridgend, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 25 recorded places here: 11 Coflein records, 7 listed buildings, 5 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 scheduled monument, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 29 m and 96 m above sea level; its highest point is about 142 m.
Pencoed 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Pencoed, 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 Pencoed. 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
See Pencoed 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 and the 25 recorded places in the community, 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
- Bridgend, Wales
- Area
- 8.8 km²
- Recorded places
- 25
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 29–96 m above sea level; highest 142 m
- ONS code
- W04000644
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Coed-y-MwstwrAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Ogof y Pebyll CaveScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Tregroes aka Pencoed College
- Salem Chapel
- War Memorial and Railings
- Church of St David
- Bridge at Tregroes
- Milestone, Coychurch Road
- Bridge over Afon Ewenni
Other recorded places
- Pencoed; Battle of PenconCoflein record
- Pant Cad Einion, Alleged site of BattleCoflein record
- Circular Cropmark, Cwrt GwilymCoflein record
- Pencoed railway stationWikidata place
- Penuel Welsh Baptist Chapel, Penprysig RoadCoflein record
- Bryn Seion Independent ChapelCoflein record
- Trinity English Calvinisic Methodist ChapelCoflein record
- Pencoed CollegeWikidata place
- PencoedWikidata place
- PenprysgWikidata place
- Public Hall Cinema, PencoedCoflein record
- Pencoed HostelCoflein record
- Junction 35, M4, BridgendCoflein record
- Pencoed Technology Park, BridgendCoflein record
- Pencoed Comprehensive SchoolCoflein record
- Pencoed CemeteryWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Coity Castle3.4 km west
- Old Bridge5.6 km west
- Newcastle Castle5.7 km west
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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.