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LiDAR map of Peterborough
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 142 recorded places here: 67 places recorded in Wikidata, 63 listed buildings, 6 scheduled monuments, 3 ancient places (Pleiades), 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Peterborough lies between about 2 m and 18 m above sea level; its highest point is about 35 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 cross, 1 castle, 1 hillfort and 1 barrow or cairn.
Peterborough 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 Peterborough, 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 Peterborough. 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 Peterborough. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. More about this map
See Peterborough 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 and the 142 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
- Cambridgeshire, England
- Area
- 60.7 km²
- Recorded places
- 142
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 2–18 m above sea level; highest 35 m
- ONS code
- E43000026
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Longthorpe village crossScheduled monument
- FengateAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Touthill and site of castle baileyScheduled monument
- Horsey Hill Fort: a Civil War fieldworkScheduled monument
- Stanground Wash Bronze Age Barrow CemeteryScheduled monument
- Thorpe HallRegistered park or garden
- Longthorpe Roman fort and settlementScheduled monument
- Old Customs HouseScheduled monument
- Longthorpe IIAncient place (Pleiades)
- LongthorpeAncient place (Pleiades)
- Fen CausewayAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Longthorpe Tower House
- Church of St Margaret
- Great Gate
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Chapter Office
- Chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury
- Parish Church of St Botolph
- Thorpe Hall
- Great Cloister
- Diocesan House
- Bishops Gate
- Church of St Augustine
- Well in the Great Cloister
- Parish Church of All Saints
- Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- Laurel Court
- Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St
- Bishop's Palace
- Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- Former Stables to Thorpe Hall
- Gateway From Garden to Stables of Thorpe Hall
- Former Barns and Stabling
- Canonry House
- Table Hall
- Former Outbuilding to Laurel Court Facing Table
- King's Lodging
- Hostry Passage and Little Dorter
- Great Northern Railway Bridge Number 184
- Church of All Saints
- Old Guild Hall
and 33 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- HM Prison PeterboroughWikidata place
- Peterborough FestivalWikidata place
- murder of Ross ParkerWikidata place
- Embassy TheatreWikidata place
- St Olga Ukrainian Catholic ChurchWikidata place
- London Road StadiumWikidata place
- Soke of PeterboroughWikidata place
- Town Ground, PeterboroughWikidata place
- Hand and Heart, PeterboroughWikidata place
- Perkins EnginesWikidata place
- Edith Cavell Healthcare CampusWikidata place
- Greater Peterborough UTCWikidata place
- The BoardwalksWikidata place
- Deacon's SchoolWikidata place
- Edith Cavell HospitalWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Peterborough Castle650 m north-east
- Longthorpe Tower2.8 km west
- Durobrivae7.2 km west
Neighbouring parishes
- Whittlesey
- Thorney
- Yaxley
- Farcet
- Alwalton
- Hampton Hargate and Vale
- Orton Waterville
- Orton Longueville
- Castor
- Bretton
- Marholm
- Eye
- Glinton
- Peakirk
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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.