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LiDAR map of High Peak
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of High Peak, Derbyshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 136 recorded places here: 72 listed buildings, 38 places recorded in Wikidata, 14 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 6 scheduled monuments, 2 registered parks and gardens. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in High Peak lies between about 156 m and 427 m above sea level; its highest point is about 506 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 barrows or cairns, 1 Roman site, 1 enclosure or other earthwork and 1 settlement.
High Peak 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 High Peak, 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 High Peak. 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 High Peak. 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 14 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See High Peak 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 (14 features in this area) and the 136 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
- Derbyshire, England
- Area
- 39.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 136
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 156–427 m above sea level; highest 506 m
- ONS code
- E43000050
Places with their own page
- /places/ardotalia/
- /places/lismore-fields-mesolithic-and-neolithic-settlement/
- /places/mouselow-castle/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Mouselow CastleAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Pavilion Gardens, BuxtonRegistered park or garden
- Melandra Castle Roman fortScheduled monument
- Staden earthworkScheduled monument
- Anthony Hill bowl barrowScheduled monument
- Fox Low bowl barrowScheduled monument
- Two hlaews at Haslin HouseScheduled monument
- Lismore Fields Mesolithic and Neolithic settlementScheduled monument
- Howard ParkRegistered park or garden
- Ardotalia (Zerdotalia)Ancient place (Pleiades)
- Aquae *ArnemetiaeAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- The Crescent
- Old Hall Hotel
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Devonshire Royal Hospital
- The Opera House
- War Memorial
- Palace Hotel
- St Mary's Church War Memorial, Buxton
- St Anns Well
- Town Hall
- Church of St Anne
- Simmondley Hall
- Glossop Railway Station and Co-op Building
- Lychgate and Wall to Church of St James the Great
- National Westminster Bank
- Cheshire Cheese Public House
- Norfolk Arms Public House
- Roman Catholic Church of St Mary Crowned
- Grove Hotel and Grove Parade
- The White Lion
- Eagle Hotel George E Bryant and Sons Limited
- Grosvenor House Hotel
- Sandringham Hotel
- Tombstone of Micah Salt in Buxton Cemetery, Tomb
- Glossop Gas Works
- Bulls Head Public House
- Partington Theatre
- Wood Monument
- Former Dollars Public House
- The Spinners Arms Public House
and 42 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Poole's CavernWikidata place
- RAF Harpur HillWikidata place
- Buxton TMDWikidata place
- Dinting Railway CentreWikidata place
- St Thomas More Catholic School, BuxtonWikidata place
- Buxton HospitalWikidata place
- Cavendish HospitalWikidata place
- Buxton CollegeWikidata place
- Harpur Hill QuarryWikidata place
- Manor Park, GlossopWikidata place
- Lightwood ReservoirWikidata place
- North Road Ground, GlossopWikidata place
- Shire Hill HospitalWikidata place
- Corbar HillWikidata place
- Combs MossWikidata place
- Grin LowWikidata place
- Ladmanlow railway stationWikidata place
- Dinting ViaductWikidata place
- Hadfield railway stationWikidata place
- Dinting railway stationWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Lismore Fields Mesolithic and Neolithic settlement810 m south-west
- The Bull Ring5.1 km north-east
- Five Wells7.1 km east
Neighbouring parishes
- King Sterndale
- Hartington upper Quarter
- Green Fairfield
- Wormhill
- Chapel-en-le-Frith
- Charlesworth
- Tintwistle
- Tameside
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.
- 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.