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LiDAR map of Bishop Auckland
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Bishop Auckland, a parish in County Durham, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 67 recorded places here: 40 listed buildings, 17 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 10 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 70 m and 119 m above sea level; its highest point is about 143 m.
Bishop Auckland 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 Bishop Auckland, 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 Bishop Auckland. 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 Bishop Auckland. 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 17 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Bishop Auckland 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 (17 features in the parish) and the 67 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
- County Durham, England
- Area
- 8.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 67
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 70–119 m above sea level; highest 143 m
- ONS code
- E04010595
Listed buildings
- Auckland Castle
- Auckland Castle Entrance Gateway
- Chapel of St Peter at Auckland Castle
- Deer Shelter in Auckland Castle Park
- Newton Cap Bridge
- Castle Lodge
- Bishop Auckland Methodist Church
- Town Hall
- Church of St Anne
- Bishop Auckland Cemetery Lodge
- Walls, Piers and Gates to Bishop Auckland
- Former Hippodrome Theatre
- Wesley Methodist Church
- Bishop Auckland Cemetery Chapel
- Church of St Peter
- Green Tree Public House
- Old Bank Chambers
- Henknowle Manor Public House
- Toilet blocks and storage buildings to King James
- Coopers Public House
- Bay Horse Public House
- Grand Hotel
- Monument to Robert Watson
- War Memorial in Front of Number 45 Market Place
- Bishop Auckland Cemetery Gates
- King James I Academy
- The Lightfoot Institute
- Former Gregory Butchers Shop
- Gaunless Bridge
- Road Bridge over railway
and 10 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Auckland Park HospitalWikidata place
- Bishop Auckland CollegeWikidata place
- St John's School & Sixth Form CollegeWikidata place
- Bishop Auckland railway stationWikidata place
- Tindale CrescentWikidata place
- KynrenWikidata place
- Bishop AucklandWikidata place
- Bedford LodgeWikidata place
- TorontoWikidata place
- Bishop Auckland West railway stationWikidata place
- TREE MOUNDAerial survey feature
- RAMPAerial survey feature
- TREE MOUNDAerial survey feature
- CROFTAerial survey feature
- MOUNDAerial survey feature
- GARDEN TERRACEAerial survey feature
- TREE MOUNDAerial survey feature
- TERRACED WALKAerial survey feature
- GARDEN PATHAerial survey feature
- POND\SUNKEN GARDENAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Binchester Roman Fort2.4 km north
- Legs Cross6.5 km south
- Harperley POW Camp 9310.0 km north-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: 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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.