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LiDAR map of Southwark
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Southwark, Greater London, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 491 recorded places here: 317 listed buildings, 157 places recorded in Wikidata, 6 scheduled monuments, 5 registered parks and gardens, 4 Roman inscriptions. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Southwark lies between about 2 m and 49 m above sea level; its highest point is about 112 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 Roman site, 1 monastic site and 1 moated site.
Southwark 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 Southwark, 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 Southwark. 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 Southwark. 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 Southwark 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 491 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
- 28.8 km²
- Recorded places
- 491
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 2–49 m above sea level; highest 112 m
- ONS code
- E43000218
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Nunhead CemeteryRegistered park or garden
- The Hope Playhouse, and the remains of three further bear gardens, BanksideScheduled monument
- Roman riverboat, 136m west of Greenwood TheatreScheduled monument
- The Rose Theatre, Rose Court, SouthwarkScheduled monument
- Abbey buildings, BermondseyScheduled monument
- Medieval moated manor house, 43m west of Cathay HouseScheduled monument
- BelairRegistered park or garden
- Dulwich ParkRegistered park or garden
- Peckham Rye ParkRegistered park or garden
- The Globe TheatreScheduled monument
- Southwark ParkRegistered park or garden
- Tabard Square Temple ComplexAncient place (Pleiades)
- SouthwarkAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Church of St Mary Rotherhithe
- Cathedral Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie
- Hoptons Almshouses Hopton Gardens
- Dulwich Picture Gallery and Mausoleum
- Bell House
- Six Pillars
- Hoptons Almshouses, Hopton Gardens
- Church of St Peter
- Dulwich College, Main Building
- Hoptons Almshouses, Hopton Gardens
- The George Inn
- Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart
- Statue of General Booth in Forecourt of William
- Statue of Mrs Booth in Forecourt of William Booth
- Camberwell College of Arts and Gate Piers
- Neckinger Mills
- Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Church of St George the Martyr
- Church of St Giles
- Remains of Winchester Palace
- Church of St James
- St Saviour’s War Memorial, Southwark
- Half Moon Public House
- Obelisk at the Centre of St George's Circus
- Kirkaldy's testing works and testing machine
- Christ Church
- Rotherhithe
- Camberwell Public Baths
- Christ Church Gardens Drinking Fountain
- William Booth Memorial Training College
and 287 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- King's Bench PrisonWikidata place
- Horsemonger Lane GaolWikidata place
- Spike Surplus SchemeWikidata place
- Stave HillWikidata place
- OXO TowerWikidata place
- The ScoopWikidata place
- Mandela Way T-34 TankWikidata place
- New Cross to Finsbury Market cable tunnelWikidata place
- Canada WaterWikidata place
- Lavender PondWikidata place
- Surrey Quays Shopping CentreWikidata place
- South DockWikidata place
- Southwark ParkWikidata place
- Spa Road Junction rail crashWikidata place
- East Dulwich railway stationWikidata place
- Church of St PhilipWikidata place
- St Barnabas' Church, DulwichWikidata place
- Paterson ParkWikidata place
- Nursery Row ParkWikidata place
- Brunswick ParkWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Tower of London4.7 km north
- Winchester Palace4.7 km north
- Globe Theatre4.8 km north
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.
- Roman inscriptions: LatinNow Project, University of Nottingham, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.