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LiDAR map of Southampton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Southampton, Hampshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 316 recorded places here: 103 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 94 places recorded in Wikidata, 90 listed buildings, 8 Roman inscriptions, 8 wrecks. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Southampton lies between about 4 m and 55 m above sea level; its highest point is about 83 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 monastic sites and 1 Roman site.
Southampton 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 Southampton, 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 Southampton. 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 Southampton. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. The records hold 103 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Southampton 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 (103 features in this area) and the 316 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
- Hampshire, England
- Area
- 49.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 316
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 4–55 m above sea level; highest 83 m
- ONS code
- E43000036
Places with their own page
- /places/god-s-house-gate-and-tower/
- /places/king-john-s-palace-hampshire/
- /places/bargate/
- /places/st-denys-priory/
- /places/canute-s-palace/
- /places/holyrood-church/
- /places/southampton-tudor-house-and-garden/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Canute's Palace, Porters LaneScheduled monument
- Central ParksRegistered park or garden
- Part of the Roman settlement remains within the Bitterne peninsula, (the possible site of Clausentum)Scheduled monument
- Southampton CemeteryRegistered park or garden
- St Denys Priory (remains of)Scheduled monument
- Conduit head, Commercial RoadScheduled monument
- CutthornScheduled monument
- Conduit head, Hill LaneScheduled monument
- Eastern aqueduct and the water catchment area of a western aqueduct, at Netley AbbeyScheduled monument
- Townhill ParkRegistered park or garden
- BitterneAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Medieval Merchant's House
- Tudor House Museum
- Southampton Cenotaph
- God's House Gate
- The Wool House
- Southampton Civic Centre
- Dolphin Hotel
- Bar Gate and Guildhall
- Section of wall running west from Bargate
- The Old Farm House Public House
- South Stoneham House
- Southampton Castle Wall Running From Forest View
- Church of St Mary
- Christ Church
- St. Marys Church
- Chapel to the Royal South Hampshire Hospital
- Central Baptist Church and Ancillary Buildings
- Church of St Michael and All Angels
- Section of Wall Running West From Polymond Tower
- St Mary's Hall
- Former St Mary's drill hall
- Mans Bridge
- Jesus Chapel - St Mary Extra
- Church of St Denys
- Church of St Edmund
- Allen Memorial in Southampton Cemetery
- Chapel Mills, American Wharf
- Main Station Building
- West Pavilion, Southern and Western Ranges
- Trafalgar Dry Dock
and 60 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- history of the Port of SouthamptonWikidata place
- Shirley Towers fireWikidata place
- Prince of Wales Graving DockWikidata place
- R J Mitchell Wind TunnelWikidata place
- Southampton TunnelWikidata place
- Miller's PondWikidata place
- Carnival Corporation & plcWikidata place
- National Oceanography CentreWikidata place
- The DellWikidata place
- St James' ParkWikidata place
- Southampton Solent UniversityWikidata place
- Southampton District Energy SchemeWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- St Denys Priory1.4 km east
- Bargate2.1 km south
- Holyrood Church2.4 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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
- Roman inscriptions: LatinNow Project, University of Nottingham, CC BY 4.0.
- Wrecks: UK Hydrographic Office via EMODnet Human Activities, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.