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LiDAR map of Chelmsford
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Chelmsford, Essex, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 68 recorded places here: 47 listed buildings, 20 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Chelmsford lies between about 26 m and 53 m above sea level; its highest point is about 76 m.
Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford, 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 Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford 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 68 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
- Essex, England
- Area
- 18.8 km²
- Recorded places
- 68
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 26–53 m above sea level; highest 76 m
- ONS code
- E43000285
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- CaesaromagusAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Stone Bridge
- Church of All Saints
- Shire Hall
- Lodge Farmhouse
- The Old Rectory
- Crompton's Arc Works
- War Memorial to the Front
- Gatehouse to Coval Lodge
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Church of St Mary
- Springfield Water Mill
- Marconi's First Radio Factory
- The Nag's Head Public House
- Law Library
- Springfield Mill House
- Blocks C and D, County Hall
- Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Granary Block Sr5 at North End of No 7
- The Bay Horse Public House
- The Star and Garter Public House
- Chelmsford Club
- Moulsham Mill House
- The Conduit in Tower Gardens
- Hop Kiln and Office and Store at No 7
- The Endeavour Public House
- The Two Brewers Public House
- Monument, 9 Yards
- The Anchor Public House
and 17 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- HM Prison ChelmsfordWikidata place
- St. Philip's PrioryWikidata place
- County Cricket Ground, ChelmsfordWikidata place
- Our Lady Immaculate Church, ChelmsfordWikidata place
- Essex Record OfficeWikidata place
- Chelmer Valley RiversideWikidata place
- Chelmsford and Essex HospitalWikidata place
- Essex Police MuseumWikidata place
- Chelmsford CollegeWikidata place
- Museum of ChelmsfordWikidata place
- Central Park, ChelmsfordWikidata place
- River CanWikidata place
- St Peters CollegeWikidata place
- St John's Hospital, ChelmsfordWikidata place
- New Street WorksWikidata place
- Chelmer and Blackwater CanalWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Moulsham Bridge480 m east
- Pleshey Castle and town enclosure8.9 km north-west
- Bicknacre Priory8.9 km south-east
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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.