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LiDAR map of Southend-on-Sea
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 109 recorded places here: 56 listed buildings, 50 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry, 1 registered park or garden, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Southend-on-Sea lies between about 5 m and 38 m above sea level; its highest point is about 62 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 settlement.
Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea, 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 Southend-on-Sea. 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 Southend-on-Sea. 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 Southend-on-Sea 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 109 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
- 36.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 109
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 5–38 m above sea level; highest 62 m
- ONS code
- E43000028
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Prittlewell CampAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Defended prehistoric settlement at Shoeburyness, known as the Danish CampScheduled monument
- Shrubbery GardenRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Church of St Laurence and All Saints
- Prittlewell Priory
- Southchurch Hall
- Southend-on-Sea War Memorial
- Church of St Mary
- Shouthchurch Rectory
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady Help
- Palace Theatre
- Cliff Town Congregational Church and Memorial Hall
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Porters
- Church of St Andrew
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Chalkwell Hall
- Manor House
- East Powder Magazine, Shoebury Garrison
- Garrison Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- Blocks K-m, Shoebury Garrison
- Blocks A-d, Horseshoe Barracks
- Gateway, Offices and Guard House, with Walled
- West Powder Magazine, Shoebury Garrison
- Hospital, Attached Blocks I-j
- A and B the Terrace, Horseshoe Barracks
- F and G the Terrace, Horseshoe Barracks
- Proof and Experimental Establishment, Shoebury
- Long Course Officer's Quarters
- A and B Barracks, Horseshoe Barracks
- Gunnery Drill Shed, Shoebury Garrison
- C and D Barracks, Horseshoe Barracks
- E and F Barracks, Horseshoe Barracks
and 26 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- murder of David AmessWikidata place
- Camp BlingWikidata place
- Royal Saxon tomb in PrittlewellWikidata place
- Belfairs Methodist ChurchWikidata place
- Southend and District Reform SynagogueWikidata place
- Westcliff High School for GirlsWikidata place
- Adventure IslandWikidata place
- J L DixonsWikidata place
- Gunners Park and Shoebury RangesWikidata place
- Shoeburyness Old RangesWikidata place
- The Forum Southend-on-SeaWikidata place
- Roots HallWikidata place
- Southend University HospitalWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Prittlewell Priory1.4 km west
- Danish Camp5.3 km south-east
- Shoeburyness Boom6.7 km 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.