LiDAR map of Plymouth
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Plymouth, Devon, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 604 recorded places here: 316 listed buildings, 131 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 120 places recorded in Wikidata, 27 scheduled monuments, 6 wrecks. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Plymouth lies between about 8 m and 102 m above sea level; its highest point is about 165 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 10 military sites, 2 castles, 2 monastic sites and 1 hillfort.
Plymouth 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 Plymouth, 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 Plymouth. 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 Plymouth. 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 131 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Plymouth 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 (131 features in this area) and the 604 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
- 79.8 km²
- Recorded places
- 604
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 8–102 m above sea level; highest 165 m
- ONS code
- E43000021
Places with their own page
- /places/woodlands-fort/
- /places/royal-citadel/
- /places/fort-stamford/
- /places/plymouth-castle/
- /places/fort-austin/
- /places/laira-battery/
- /places/knowles-battery/
- /places/plympton-priory/
- /places/crownhill-fort/
- /places/efford-fort/
- /places/bowden-battery/
- /places/plympton-castle/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Plymouth Castle (remains of)Scheduled monument
- Plympton CastleScheduled monument
- Ford Park CemeteryRegistered park or garden
- Eggbuckland KeepScheduled monument
- Woodland fortScheduled monument
- Fort StamfordScheduled monument
- Knowle batteryScheduled monument
- Crownhill FortScheduled monument
- Bowden BatteryScheduled monument
- Saltram HouseRegistered park or garden
- Plympton PrioryScheduled monument
- The Royal Citadel mid 17th century bastioned artillery defence, incorporating late 16th century artillery fort and 18th century statue, on the HoeScheduled monument
- Agaton fortScheduled monument
- Resolution Fort: Civil War town defences at Friary CourtScheduled monument
- Stonehouse Town WallScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Burrow HillScheduled monument
- Eastern King batteryScheduled monument
- Firestone Bay artillery towerScheduled monument
- The coastal fortifications of Drake's IslandScheduled monument
- Laira BatteryScheduled monument
- Efford Fort and Efford EmplacementScheduled monument
- Mount Pleasant RedoubtScheduled monument
- Austin Fort and section of military roadScheduled monument
- Worth's Cattedown Bone Cave 150m north of Cattedown WharvesScheduled monument
- Ernesettle batteryScheduled monument
- Laira Emplacement, immediately south west of Laira BatteryScheduled monument
- Civic Square, PlymouthRegistered park or garden
- Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camberScheduled monument
- Devonport ParkRegistered park or garden
- Cross in grounds of Stentaway House, BillacombeScheduled monument
- Mount Batten: prehistoric and Romano-British settlementScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Mount Batten Tower
- Plympton House
- Charles Church
- Plymouth Naval War Memorial
- Boringdon House
- Devonport Column
- Devonport Guildhall
- Clarence Store, Royal William Victualling Yard
- Brewhouse, Royal William Victualling Yard
- Main Gate, Royal William Victualling Yard
- Melville, Royal William Victualling Yard
- Mills and Bakery, Royal William Victualling Yard
- Police Buildings, Royal William Victualling Yard
- Old Cooperage, Royal William Victualling Yard
- Smeaton's Tower
- Royal Citadel Great Store
- Prysten House
- Slaughterhouse
- Saltram House
- Synagogue
- Church of St Maurice
- Tudor Lodge
- Devonport High School for Boys
- Former Royal Naval Hospital Water Tower
- Custom House
- Armada Memorial
- Plym Bridge
- Royal Marine Barracks North Barrack Block
- Former Royal Naval Hospital the Quadrangle Centre
- Hooe Manor
and 286 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Siege of PlymouthWikidata place
- The LodgeWikidata place
- Plymouth shootingWikidata place
- Plymouth PavilionsWikidata place
- St Boniface ArenaWikidata place
- Staddon FortWikidata place
- Radford CaveWikidata place
- Plumer BarracksWikidata place
- St Boniface ChurchWikidata place
- HMS Imperieuse IWikidata place
- Forder BatteryWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Bowden Battery270 m north-west
- Fort Austin860 m south-east
- Crownhill Fort1.6 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.
- Wrecks: UK Hydrographic Office via EMODnet Human Activities, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.