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LiDAR map of Saddleworth
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Saddleworth, a parish in Greater Manchester, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 101 recorded places here: 58 listed buildings, 33 places recorded in Wikidata, 7 canal structures, 2 scheduled monuments, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 210 m and 491 m above sea level; its highest point is about 541 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 Roman site and 1 barrow or cairn.
Saddleworth 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 Saddleworth, 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 Saddleworth. 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 Saddleworth. 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 Saddleworth 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 101 recorded places in the parish, 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
- 76.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 101
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 210–491 m above sea level; highest 541 m
- ONS code
- E04000005
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Castleshaw Roman forts, 250m west of Castle Shaw FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 190m NNE of Knarr BarnScheduled monument
- Rigodounon?Ancient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Grotton Hall
- Higher Kinders
- Church of St Chad
- Shore Mill
- Uppermill Conservative Club
- Heights Chapel, St Thomas Old Church
- Huddersfield Narrow Canal Halls Bridge and Lock
- Huddersfield Narrow Canal Moorgate Bridge
- Wharmton Tower
- Castle Hill Cote
- Post Office
- Hearse House
- Denshaw Oddfellows Lodge
- Saddleworth War Memorial
- Former Cross Keys Inn
- Delph Fish and Chip Shop
- The Swan Inn
- Ladhill Bridge
- Huddersfield Narrow Canal Lock No 22w
- Railway underbridge MVL3/25, Oaklands Road
- Railway accommodation underbridge MVL3/26, Footway
- Railway overbridge MVL3/28, Oldham Road
- Railway tunnel portals MVL3/41, west end
- Christ Church, Denshaw
- Church of St Anne
- Holy Trinity Church
- Church of St. Mary
- Christ Church, Friezland
- The Old Bell
- The Brun
and 28 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Uppermill Civic HallWikidata place
- Saddleworth MoorWikidata place
- Black Chew HeadWikidata place
- Chew ReservoirWikidata place
- Chew ValleyWikidata place
- Dovestone ReservoirWikidata place
- Greenfield ReservoirWikidata place
- Strinesdale ReservoirWikidata place
- Yeoman Hey ReservoirWikidata place
- Greenfield ValleyWikidata place
- Huddersfield Narrow CanalWikidata place
- Delph railway stationWikidata place
- Dobcross railway stationWikidata place
- Friezland railway stationWikidata place
- Grasscroft railway stationWikidata place
- Grotton and Springhead railway stationWikidata place
- Measurements Halt railway stationWikidata place
- Saddleworth railway stationWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Buckton Castle5.7 km south
- Mouselow Castle11.7 km south
- Ardotalia12.0 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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
Last updated 2026-10-16.