LiDAR map of Lakes
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Lakes, a parish in Cumbria, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 159 recorded places here: 70 listed buildings, 58 places recorded in Wikidata, 25 scheduled monuments, 2 registered parks and gardens, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 71 m and 572 m above sea level; its highest point is about 900 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 11 barrows or cairns, 2 Roman sites, 1 henge or standing stone and 1 industrial site.
Lakes 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 Lakes, 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 Lakes. 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 Lakes. 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 Lakes 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 159 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
- Cumbria, England
- Area
- 134.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 159
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 71–572 m above sea level; highest 900 m
- ONS code
- E04002622
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little LangdaleScheduled monument
- Castle Howe, Little LangdaleAtlas of Hillforts entry
- The English Lake DistrictWorld Heritage Site
- Ambleside Roman fort, associated vicus and Roman roadScheduled monument
- Round cairn 200m south-south-west of Bluegill FoldScheduled monument
- Round cairn 250m south-south-west of Bluegill FoldScheduled monument
- Low Kingate concentric stone circleScheduled monument
- Three round cairns 70m east of Rydal BeckScheduled monument
- Round cairn 180m east of Rydal BeckScheduled monument
- Round cairn 60m east of Hagg GillScheduled monument
- Round cairn 80m east of Hagg GillScheduled monument
- Round cairn 75m east of Hagg GillScheduled monument
- Round cairn 15m east of Hagg GillScheduled monument
- Southern round cairn on north end of The Tongue, Troutbeck ParkScheduled monument
- Northern round cairn on north end of The Tongue, Troutbeck ParkScheduled monument
- The Langdale Boulders, two prehistoric rock art sites in Great Langdale 250m south of Harry PlaceScheduled monument
- Mickleden Beck prehistoric cairnfield and field system, funerary cairn and a medieval dispersed settlement centred 840m south west of Pike of StickleScheduled monument
- Prehistoric rock art, 150m south west of Nook EndScheduled monument
- Rydal HallRegistered park or garden
- Roman road up Wrynose PassScheduled monument
- Two rifle ranges on Silver HowScheduled monument
- Rifle Range target and Marker's Hut, 150m north west of Blea MossScheduled monument
- Medieval shieling 70m west of Trout BeckScheduled monument
- Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park FarmScheduled monument
- Lead mine and ore works at Greenhead Gill, GrasmereScheduled monument
- BrockholeRegistered park or garden
- Settlement on W slope of The Tongue, Troutbeck ParkScheduled monument
- Medieval shieling 100m west of Trout BeckScheduled monument
- Medieval shieling 150m west of Trout BeckScheduled monument
- GalavaAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Rydal Mount
- Jesus Church
- Dove Cottage at Town End
- Slaters Bridge
- Borran's Field
- Rydal Hall
- Fox How
- Church of St Oswald
- Town End
- Wordsworth Group of Graves in Churchyard
- Church of St Mary
- Rothay Bridge
- Bridge House
- Brimmer Head Farmhouse
- Rothay Manor Hotel
- Church of St Mary
- Game Larder in Grounds of Rydal Hall
- Gatehouse at Croft Hotel
- Ice House in Grounds of Rydal Hall
- Skelwith Bridge
- Elterwater Bridge
- Bridge Over Rydal Beck in Grounds of Rydal Hall
- Buildings Attached to Walthwaite Walthwaite
- Terraces
- Barns, Stables Etc to North
- Wood Farmhouse
- Summer House in Grounds of Rydal Hall
- The Nab
- The Bield
- Goodybridge House
and 40 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Langdale axe industryWikidata place
- Allan BankWikidata place
- Lake District National ParkWikidata place
- Stagshaw GardenWikidata place
- Forest SideWikidata place
- Skelghyll BeckWikidata place
- Baysbrown WoodWikidata place
- Kirkstone PassWikidata place
- Elter WaterWikidata place
- Rydal WaterWikidata place
- Loughrigg TarnWikidata place
- Todd CragWikidata place
- Dale Lodge HotelWikidata place
- Dockey TarnWikidata place
- River RothayWikidata place
- Langdale PikesWikidata place
- Blea RiggWikidata place
- Helm CragWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Langdale Boulders2.3 km west
- Galava4.2 km south-east
- Moot mound at Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale4.4 km south-west
Neighbouring parishes
- Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite
- Ulpha
- Coniston
- Eskdale
- Borrowdale
- Windermere and Bowness
- Claife
- Skelwith
- Patterdale
- St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn
- Kentmere
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.
- Roman inscriptions: LatinNow Project, University of Nottingham, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.