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LiDAR map of Islington
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Islington, Greater London, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 303 recorded places here: 194 listed buildings, 106 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 canal structures, 1 registered park or garden. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Islington lies between about 19 m and 48 m above sea level; its highest point is about 101 m.
Islington 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 Islington, 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 Islington. 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 Islington. 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 Islington 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 303 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
- 14.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 303
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 19–48 m above sea level; highest 101 m
- ONS code
- E43000209
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Bunhill Fields Burial GroundRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- St John's Gate
- Finsbury Health Centre
- Union Chapel
- Wesley's Chapel
- Former Clerkenwell Fire Station
- Finsbury Town Hall
- Rainbow Theatre, former cinema
- Bevin Court
- New River Head
- Clerkenwell Conference Centre
- Canonbury Tower
- The Charterhouse
- Priory Church of St John of Jerusalem
- Former Church of St Saviour
- John Wesley's House
- Former Church of St Luke
- Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clergy House
- Master's Lodge, the Charterhouse
- Clerk's Well and Chamber/enclosure in Basement
- Sadler's Wells Theatre
- Islington War Memorial
- Former Church of Holy Trinity
- Church of St Mary Magdalene
- St John's Church with St Peter's and Churchyard
- Christ Church
- Christchurch Vicarage
- Mecca Bingo
- Islington Town Hall
- The Clock Tower
- Statue of John Wesley in the Forecourt
and 164 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Coldbath Fields PrisonWikidata place
- HM Prison PentonvilleWikidata place
- Clerkenwell PrisonWikidata place
- New PrisonWikidata place
- Islington WorkhouseWikidata place
- Clerkenwell workhouseWikidata place
- Whitecross Street PrisonWikidata place
- HM Prison HollowayWikidata place
- Islington TunnelWikidata place
- Finsbury Park incidentWikidata place
- London A Cappella FestivalWikidata place
- Copenhagen TunnelWikidata place
- Young Actors Theatre, IslingtonWikidata place
- City Road BasinWikidata place
- Finsbury Park MosqueWikidata place
- St James' Church, IslingtonWikidata place
- Shaolin Temple UKWikidata place
- Milner SquareWikidata place
- John Spencer SquareWikidata place
- The GuardianWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- The Theatre3.1 km south-east
- Curtain Theatre3.2 km south-east
- Goldsmiths' Hall3.4 km south
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.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
Last updated 2026-10-16.