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LiDAR map of Kensington and Chelsea
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 580 recorded places here: 464 listed buildings, 108 places recorded in Wikidata, 7 registered parks and gardens, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Kensington and Chelsea lies between about 6 m and 27 m above sea level; its highest point is about 45 m.
Kensington and Chelsea 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 Kensington and Chelsea, 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 Kensington and Chelsea. 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 Kensington and Chelsea. 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 Kensington and Chelsea 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 580 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
- 12.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 580
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 6–27 m above sea level; highest 45 m
- ONS code
- E43000210
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Brompton CemeteryRegistered park or garden
- Kensal GreenRegistered park or garden
- Kensington PalaceScheduled monument
- Edwardes SquareRegistered park or garden
- The BoltonsRegistered park or garden
- Hans PlaceRegistered park or garden
- Ladbroke EstateRegistered park or garden
- Cadogan PlaceRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- The Tower House
- Chelsea Old Church
- Holland House
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Debenham House
- Lindsey House
- Cosmic House
- Cole Wing, Victoria and Albert Museum
- Garden Corner
- Kensington Central Library
- The Dissenters Chapel
- All Saints Church
- Church of St Peter
- Church of St Augustine
- Chapel of St Luke, Brompton Hospital
- Swan House
- Harrods
- The Oratory
- Crosby Hall
- Commonwealth Institute
- The Electric Cinema
- Kensal House Day Nursery
- Church of St Luke
- West House
- Natural History Museum, Front Lodge and Gates
- Aubrey House
- Leighton House
- The Royal Hospital Main Hospital Buildings Seven
- Trellick Tower Cheltenham Estate
- Stanley House
and 434 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Walton's Restaurant bombingWikidata place
- Notting Hill CarnivalWikidata place
- Kensington BarracksWikidata place
- Grenfell Tower fireWikidata place
- death of Jimi HendrixWikidata place
- Earls Court Boat ShowWikidata place
- aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fireWikidata place
- FrestoniaWikidata place
- Ladbroke Grove rail crashWikidata place
- Heatherley School of Fine ArtWikidata place
- Garden Lodge, KensingtonWikidata place
- St Mark's Coptic Orthodox ChurchWikidata place
- Central GurdwaraWikidata place
- Elystan StreetWikidata place
- Norland SquareWikidata place
- Byam Shaw School of ArtWikidata place
- Ideal Home ShowWikidata place
- C LidgateWikidata place
- High Commission of Fiji, LondonWikidata place
- High Commission of Mauritius, LondonWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Kensington Palace980 m north
- Park Crescent West ice well4.1 km north-east
- Jewel Tower4.4 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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.