LiDAR map of Canton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Canton (Treganna), a community in Cardiff, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 42 recorded places here: 25 Coflein records, 9 places recorded in Wikidata, 8 listed buildings. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 7 m and 12 m above sea level; its highest point is about 27 m.
Canton 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 Canton, 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 Canton. 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 Canton 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 42 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
- Cardiff, Wales
- Area
- 3.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 42
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 7–12 m above sea level; highest 27 m
- ONS code
- W04000840
Listed buildings
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Lansdowne School, Infants
- Lansdowne Road School, Juniors
- The Corporation P.H.
- Fairwater Conservative Club
and 3 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Thompson's ParkCoflein record
- Cowbridge Road, 240, MilepostCoflein record
- Victoria Park, CardiffCoflein record
- Cardiff City StadiumCoflein record
- Victoria Park: Fountain Canopy, Canton, CardiffCoflein record
- Chapter Arts Centre, CantonCoflein record
- Fitzalan High School, Leckwith, CardiffCoflein record
- Llandaff Road English Baptist Chapel, LlandaffCoflein record
- Cardiff City Blue DragonsWikidata place
- CantonCoflein record
- Ely Paper Mills;Ely Paper Works, Ely, CardiffCoflein record
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Broad StreetCoflein record
- English Wesleyan MethodistchapelCoflein record
- Sunday School, Ethel Street, CardiffCoflein record
- Canton Uniting Church; Eglwys Gyfanol TregannaCoflein record
- New Trinity English Independent Chapel, CowbridgeCoflein record
- Cowbridge Road Bible Christian ChapelCoflein record
- St John'sCoflein record
- Clive Road Hall English Calvinistic MethodistCoflein record
- Llandaf Road, Llandaf Road, CantonCoflein record
Nearest places with their own page
- Old Leckwith Bridge1.2 km south
- Bishop's Palace1.6 km north
- Cardiff Castle2.3 km 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: 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.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.