LiDAR map of Exeter
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Exeter, Devon, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 335 recorded places here: 195 listed buildings, 69 places recorded in Wikidata, 53 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 8 scheduled monuments, 5 ancient places (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Exeter lies between about 6 m and 98 m above sea level; its highest point is about 162 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 bridges, 2 Roman sites, 2 crosses and 1 castle.
Exeter 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 Exeter, 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 Exeter. 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 Exeter. 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 53 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Exeter 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 (53 features in this area) and the 335 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
- Devon, England
- Area
- 47.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 335
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 6–98 m above sea level; highest 162 m
- ONS code
- E43000052
Places with their own page
- /places/exeter-underground-passages/
- /places/rougemont-castle-devon/
- /places/old-exe-bridge/
- /places/polsloe-priory/
- /places/exeter-city-walls/
- /places/st-nicholas-priory/
- /places/stoke-hill/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Underground passagesScheduled monument
- Stoke Hill CampAtlas of Hillforts entry
- St Bartholomew's Cemetery, ExeterRegistered park or garden
- Ide BridgeScheduled monument
- Roman baths (site of), The DeaneryScheduled monument
- Little John's CrossScheduled monument
- Danes CastleScheduled monument
- Signal stationScheduled monument
- St Loye's Chapel and cross, Rifford RoadScheduled monument
- Medieval bridge and part of a late medieval conduit under Holloway StreetScheduled monument
- Larkbeare HouseRegistered park or garden
- Isca DumnoniorumAncient place (Pleiades)
- Exeter Roman BathhouseAncient place (Pleiades)
- Park Field, TopshamAncient place (Pleiades)
- Unnamed Roman fort, Cheeke Street, ExeterAncient place (Pleiades)
- Stoke HillAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Rougemont Castle
- Cathedral Church of St Peter
- St Nicholas' Priory
- Church of St Martin
- The Guildhall
- Church of St Mary Steps
- St Mary Arches Church
- George's Chapel
- Church of St Petrock
- Devon and Exeter Institution
- Polsloe Priory
- Church of St Pancras
- Wynard's Hospital
- Broadway House
- Clara Place
- St Margaret's Church
- Church of St Stephen
- Gatehouse to Bishop's Palace
- Salutation Hotel
- Tuckers Hall
- Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
- Church of St Michael and All Angels
- Church of St David
- Mol's Coffee House
- Church of St Thomas the Apostle
- The Bishop's Palace
- The Law Library
- Presentation of St Mary Convent School
- Custom House, Wharfinger's House
- Fish Market
and 165 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Exeter Theatre Royal fireWikidata place
- Battle of PinhoeWikidata place
- timeline of ExeterWikidata place
- Livery DoleWikidata place
- Marsh Barton PrioryWikidata place
- St James Priory, ExeterWikidata place
- St James ParkWikidata place
- Exmouth JunctionWikidata place
- Digby and Sowton railway stationWikidata place
- St Paul's Church, Burnthouse LaneWikidata place
- Exeter MosqueWikidata place
- University of Exeter Halls of ResidenceWikidata place
- Whipton HospitalWikidata place
- Heavitree Isolation HospitalWikidata place
- Ludwell Valley ParkWikidata place
- Exeter ArenaWikidata place
- University of ExeterWikidata place
- Bramdean SchoolWikidata place
- St Luke's Science and Sports CollegeWikidata place
- Met OfficeWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Exeter Underground Passages1.3 km north-west
- Exeter city walls1.4 km west
- Rougemont Castle1.5 km north-west
Neighbouring parishes
- Exminster
- Shillingford St. George
- Ide
- Holcombe Burnell
- Whitestone
- Upton Pyne
- Stoke Canon
- Brampford Speke
- Clyst St. George
- Sowton
- Poltimore
- Huxham
- Broad Clyst
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.
- Wrecks: UK Hydrographic Office via EMODnet Human Activities, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.