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LiDAR map of Oldham
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Oldham, Greater Manchester, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 202 recorded places here: 108 places recorded in Wikidata, 90 listed buildings, 3 registered parks and gardens, 1 canal structure. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Oldham lies between about 101 m and 226 m above sea level; its highest point is about 376 m.
Oldham 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 Oldham, 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 Oldham. 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 Oldham. 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 Oldham 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 202 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 Manchester, England
- Area
- 54.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 202
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 101–226 m above sea level; highest 376 m
- ONS code
- E43000158
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Alexandra ParkRegistered park or garden
- Chadderton CemeteryRegistered park or garden
- Greenacres CemeteryRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Church of St Thomas
- Independent Methodist Chapel
- Church of St Anne
- Foxdenton Hall
- Hartford Mill
- Devon Mill
- Manor Mill
- Chadderton Mill
- Regent Mill
- Failsworth War Memorial
- Waterhead War Memorial
- Hathershaw Hall and Hathershaw Cottage
- Church of St Mary and St Peter
- Werneth Hall
- Oldham War Memorial
- Chadderton War Memorial
- Town Hall
- National Westminster Bank
- Chadderton Town Hall
- The Royal Oak public house
- Church of Saint Matthew
- Church of St Patrick
- Church of St Thomas
- Church of St Margaret
- Church of St James
- Church of Saint John the Baptist
- Church of St Stephen and All Martyrs
- Church of St Luke
- Church of St Mark
- Walmsley's House and Warehouse
and 60 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- The Failsworth ProjectWikidata place
- Madina Masjid & Islamic CentreWikidata place
- Ace MillWikidata place
- Heron MillWikidata place
- Magnet Mill, ChaddertonWikidata place
- Majestic Mill, WaterheadWikidata place
- Maple Mill, OldhamWikidata place
- Oldham Coliseum TheatreWikidata place
- The Oldham CollegeWikidata place
- Royd Mill, OldhamWikidata place
- Royton Ring Mill, RoytonWikidata place
- Textile Mill, ChaddertonWikidata place
- Freehold tram stopWikidata place
- Oldham Central railway stationWikidata place
- Oldham Glodwick Road railway stationWikidata place
- Royton Junction railway stationWikidata place
- Royton railway stationWikidata place
- Butler GreenWikidata place
- Coalshaw GreenWikidata place
- Salem Moravian ChurchWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Buckton Castle7.3 km south-east
- Clayton Hall7.6 km south-west
- Hanging Bridge10.5 km south-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.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
Last updated 2026-10-16.