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LiDAR map of Greenwich
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Greenwich, Greater London, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 348 recorded places here: 224 listed buildings, 112 places recorded in Wikidata, 7 scheduled monuments, 2 Atlas of Hillforts entries, 2 registered parks and gardens. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Greenwich lies between about 3 m and 69 m above sea level; its highest point is about 131 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 barrows or cairns and 1 Roman site.
Greenwich 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 Greenwich, 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 Greenwich. 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 Greenwich. 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 Greenwich 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 348 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
- Greater London, England
- Area
- 47.3 km²
- Recorded places
- 348
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 3–69 m above sea level; highest 131 m
- ONS code
- E43000201
Places with their own page
- /places/palace-of-placentia/
- /places/shrewsbury-barrow/
- /places/greenwich-hospital/
- /places/royal-observatory/
- /places/eltham-palace/
- /places/queen-s-house/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Maritime GreenwichWorld Heritage Site
- Shrewsbury Barrow, Shooters HillScheduled monument
- Greenwich ParkRegistered park or garden
- Woolwich Power StationAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Greenwich Hospital (RN College)Scheduled monument
- Greenwich PalaceScheduled monument
- Shooters HillAtlas of Hillforts entry
- West Grove, Conduit House, BlackheathScheduled monument
- Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Greenwich ParkScheduled monument
- Burial mound on Winns Common, PlumsteadScheduled monument
- Romano-Celtic temple in Greenwich ParkScheduled monument
- Repository WoodsRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Great Hall of Eltham Palace
- Cutty Sark
- National Maritime Museum
- Vanbrugh Castle
- The Rotunda
- Severndroog Castle,castle Wood Park
- Royal Artillery Barracks Main Building
- The Ranger's House
- Morden College
- Royal Naval College, Queen Mary's Quarter
- Charlton House
- Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Trinity Hospital
- Granada Cinema
- Woolwich Town Hall
- Well Hall Art Gallery
- Royal Arsenal the Board Room
- The Woodlands
- Church of St Michael and All Angels
- Church of St Nicholas
- Gateway at Axis
- Church of St Alfege
- Church of Holy Trinity
- Point House
- Royal Naval College north east building, Queen
- Main Building, Royal Military Academy
- The Manor House
- Outer Courtyard Walls to West
- New Wine Church
- Garden House to North
and 194 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- HM Prison BelmarshWikidata place
- HM Prison IsisWikidata place
- HM Prison ThamesideWikidata place
- Eltham Well Hall rail crashWikidata place
- Royal Artillery Barracks, WoolwichWikidata place
- murder of Lee RigbyWikidata place
- shooting at the 2012 Summer OlympicsWikidata place
- equestrian at the 2012 Summer OlympicsWikidata place
- Murder of Stephen LawrenceWikidata place
- Woolwich pub bombingWikidata place
- Highcombe HouseWikidata place
- Royal Artillery BarracksWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Shrewsbury Barrow1.8 km north-east
- Eltham Palace1.9 km south
- Royal Observatory3.9 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.