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LiDAR map of Halton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Halton, Cheshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 130 recorded places here: 52 places recorded in Wikidata, 47 listed buildings, 28 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 2 scheduled monuments, 1 canal structure. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Halton lies between about 8 m and 60 m above sea level; its highest point is about 101 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 moated sites.
Halton 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 Halton, 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 Halton. 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 Halton. 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 28 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Halton 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 (28 features in this area) and the 130 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
- Cheshire, England
- Area
- 49.3 km²
- Recorded places
- 130
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 8–60 m above sea level; highest 101 m
- ONS code
- E43000006
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Cranshaw Hall moated siteScheduled monument
- Lovel's Hall moated site and fishpond, WidnesScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Halton Castle
- Remains of Norton Priory
- The Parish Library
- The Old Hall
- The Vicarage
- The Seneschal's House
- Former Transporter Bridge Power House
- The Castle Hotel Public House
- Church of St Luke
- Old Quay Bridge
- Runcorn Town Hall
- Widnes Town Hall
- Norton Water Tower
- Runcorn War Memorial
- Church of St Mary
- Church of St Michael
- Bridgewater House
- Church of All Saints
- Parish Church of St John the Evangelist
- The Tricorn Public House
- Church of St Bede
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Christ Church and Churchyard Railings
- Church of St Mary
- Roman Catholic Church of St Marie
- The Tricorn Public House
- Electricity Sub-station
- Market Cross
- Former Tide Dock of Bridgewater Canal and Lock
- National Westminster Bank
and 17 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Ubique Barracks, WidnesWikidata place
- Weston Point DocksWikidata place
- Port of RuncornWikidata place
- Widnes DockWikidata place
- St Ambrose Church, WidnesWikidata place
- Widnes LaboratoryWikidata place
- Catalyst Science Discovery CentreWikidata place
- Widnes War MemorialWikidata place
- Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and ChurchWikidata place
- The Grange School, RuncornWikidata place
- The Heath SchoolWikidata place
- Halton General HospitalWikidata place
- Halton StadiumWikidata place
- Canal Street Stadium, RuncornWikidata place
- Floodbrook CloughWikidata place
- Victoria Park, WidnesWikidata place
- Runcorn Shopping CityWikidata place
- Phoenix ParkWikidata place
- Town Park, RuncornWikidata place
- Riverside College HaltonWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Halton Castle1.2 km east
- Norton Priory Museum and Gardens2.6 km north-east
- Daresbury3.7 km south-east
Neighbouring parishes
- Frodsham
- Halebank
- Halewood
- Cronton
- Aston
- Sutton Weaver
- Preston Brook
- Daresbury
- Sandymoor
- Cuerdley
- Bold
- Rainhill
- Knowsley
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.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
Last updated 2026-10-16.