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LiDAR map of Upton-by-Chester
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Upton-by-Chester, a parish in Cheshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 25 recorded places here: 8 places recorded in Wikidata, 6 listed buildings, 5 scheduled monuments, 5 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 18 m and 40 m above sea level; its highest point is about 42 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 4 Roman sites and 1 moated site.
Upton-by-Chester 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 Upton-by-Chester, 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 Upton-by-Chester. 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 Upton-by-Chester. 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 5 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Upton-by-Chester 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 (5 features in the parish) and the 25 recorded places in the parish, 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
- 4.6 km²
- Recorded places
- 25
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 18–40 m above sea level; highest 42 m
- ONS code
- E04011182
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Roman camp at Upton Heath, beside the water tower north of Long LaneScheduled monument
- Roman camp at Upton, 350m north east of the water tower north of Long LaneScheduled monument
- Roman camp 300m west of Upton Grange FarmScheduled monument
- Roman camp at Upton, 400m east of the water tower north of Long LaneScheduled monument
- Moated site at Upton Grange, UptonScheduled monument
- Upton-by-ChesterAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Church of the Holy Ascension
- Church at Countess of Chester Hospital
- Upton and District War Memorial Cross
- Countess of Chester Hospital
- Upton Mill
- Parish Boundary Stone
Other recorded places
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationWikidata place
- Dorin Park SchoolWikidata place
- Upton-by-Chester High SchoolWikidata place
- Bache railway stationWikidata place
- Upton-by-Chester railway stationWikidata place
- Cheshire West and ChesterWikidata place
- Oakfield ManorWikidata place
- Upton-by-ChesterWikidata place
- HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERYAerial survey feature
- MILITARY CAMPAerial survey feature
- MILITARY CAMPAerial survey feature
- MILITARY BASEAerial survey feature
- MILITARY CAMPAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- St Nicholas' Chapel, Chester2.8 km south
- Chester Roman Amphitheatre3.0 km south
- Chester city walls3.4 km south
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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.