LiDAR map of Ashford
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Ashford, Kent, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 55 recorded places here: 35 listed buildings, 20 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Ashford lies between about 37 m and 63 m above sea level; its highest point is about 86 m.
Ashford 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 Ashford, 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 Ashford. 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 Ashford. 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 Ashford 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 55 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
- Kent, England
- Area
- 14.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 55
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 37–63 m above sea level; highest 86 m
- ONS code
- E43000287
Listed buildings
- Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Christ Church
- Willesborough Windmill
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Hubert Fountain
- The Doctor Wilks Memorial Hall
- Nightingale House
- Bridge House
- The College
- Whist House
- Statue of William Harvey in Grounds of William
- The Star Inn
- Ashford War Memorial and Ornamental Gates
- Churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Old National School St Marys Hall
- The Masonic Temple and North Street Hall
- Former Industrial building belonging to Knowles
- County Hotel
- The George Hotel
- Former Fox Public House
- The William Harvey Public House
- The Blacksmith's Arms Public House
- Former Castle Hotel
- Parks and Cemeteries Office
- The Railings of the Churchyard of the Parish
- Former National School
- Stone setts, balustraded piers and curved stairs
- Tank Situated in Centre of New Street
- Disused Graveyard
and 6 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Norman CyclesWikidata place
- Ashford CollegeWikidata place
- Ashford Steam CentreWikidata place
- Ashford Green CorridorWikidata place
- Ashford Designer OutletWikidata place
- Aylesford StreamWikidata place
- Ashford Green CorridorsWikidata place
- Ashford Warren and Hoads WoodWikidata place
- Lathe of ScrayWikidata place
- Curious BrewingWikidata place
- Whitewater DykeWikidata place
- William Harvey HospitalWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- St Mary's Church, Eastwell4.9 km north
- Jacket's Field Long Barrow7.3 km north
- Bilsington Priory7.5 km south
Neighbouring parishes
- Kingsnorth
- Mersham
- Sevington with Finberry
- Stanhope
- South Willesborough & Newtown
- Great Chart with Singleton
- Kennington
- Hothfield
- Wye with Hinxhill
- Westwell
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.