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LiDAR map of Rye
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Rye, a parish in East Sussex, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 51 recorded places here: 42 listed buildings, 4 scheduled monuments, 3 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 2 m and 19 m above sea level; its highest point is about 50 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 church or chapel.
Rye 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 Rye, 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 Rye. 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 Rye. 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 2 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Rye 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 (2 features in the parish) and the 51 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
- East Sussex, England
- Area
- 4.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 51
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 2–19 m above sea level; highest 50 m
- ONS code
- E04003820
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Austin Friars ChapelScheduled monument
- Rye town wallsScheduled monument
- Martello tower no 30, 300m east of Gate Borough CottageScheduled monument
- Rye Hill medieval pottery and tilery, 60m south of SpainsScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Ypres Tower and part of Rye Town Wall
- St Anthony of Padua
- Church of St Mary
- Lamb House
- The Landgate
- Rc Church of St Anthony of Padua
- Bank Chambers
- Mermaid House the Mermaid Hotel
- Hartshorn House the Link
- Cobble Cottage
- The Tower House
- Rye Windmill
- Hope Anchor Hotel, former No 17
- Rye Railway Station
- Portion of the Town Walls
- Cobbled Street
- Cobbled Lane
- The Crown Inn
- Barclays Bank Longer House Longer House
- The Mint Ye Olde Bell Inn
- The Standard Inn
- Mint Chambers
- King's Head Cottages the King's Head Inn
- Warehouse at the North West Junction
- The Old Borough Arms
- The Old Dairy Market
- Sail Loft to Point Hill
- The Ship Inn
- Premises on the North Corner of the Strand at Its
- Warehouses Or Granaries
and 12 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Rye BonfireWikidata place
- River BredeWikidata place
- Rye railway stationWikidata place
- CONTROL ROOMAerial survey feature
- OYSTER BEDSAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Ypres Tower940 m north-east
- Camber Castle980 m south
- Domestic chapel at Horne's Place12.1 km north
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.