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LiDAR map of Burnley
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Burnley, Lancashire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 137 recorded places here: 103 listed buildings, 23 places recorded in Wikidata, 5 canal structures, 4 registered parks and gardens, 2 scheduled monuments. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Burnley lies between about 112 m and 184 m above sea level; its highest point is about 242 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 industrial site.
Burnley 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 Burnley, 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 Burnley. 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 Burnley. 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 Burnley 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 137 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
- Lancashire, England
- Area
- 18.7 km²
- Recorded places
- 137
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 112–184 m above sea level; highest 242 m
- ONS code
- E43000093
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Thompson ParkRegistered park or garden
- Oakmount Mill engine and engine house, Wiseman StreetScheduled monument
- Scott ParkRegistered park or garden
- Queen's Park, BurnleyRegistered park or garden
- Ice house at Towneley HallScheduled monument
- Towneley HallRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Towneley Hall
- Burnley Mechanics
- Burnley War Memorial
- Church of St Peter
- St Marys Presbytery and Part of Franciscan Convent
- Foldys Cross
- South Warehouse to Rear of Wharf Masters House
- Stable Block
- Belle Vue Mill
- St Peters Church of England Infants and Junior
- Habergham Eaves War Memorial
- The Castle
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Warehouse Occupied by Readers Scrap Metal
- Wharf Masters House and Toll Office at Manchester
- Centre Warehouse to Rear of Wharf Masters House
- North Warehouse to Rear of Wharf Masters House
- Town Hall
- The Empire Theatre
- Newtown Mill Chimney
- The Old Stables Cafe
- St Andrews School
- Retaining Wall of River Brun with Associated
- Lodge Canal Bridge
- New Hall Bridge
- Former Angle Street Baptist Church
- Cross of St Paulinus in Garden of Burnley College
- Shorey Well in Garden of Burnley College Adult
- Jireh Baptist Church
- Number 79 and Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
and 73 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Battle of BrunanburhWikidata place
- Burnley BarracksWikidata place
- University College of Football BusinessWikidata place
- Burnley High SchoolWikidata place
- Burnley General HospitalWikidata place
- Green Brook, LancashireWikidata place
- Burnley CollegeWikidata place
- Burnley Youth TheatreWikidata place
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS TrustWikidata place
- Turf MoorWikidata place
- Thomas Whitham Sixth FormWikidata place
- Unity CollegeWikidata place
- Burnley Barracks railway stationWikidata place
- Burnley Central railway stationWikidata place
- Rose Grove railway stationWikidata place
- Burnley Manchester Road railway stationWikidata place
- Burnley EmbankmentWikidata place
- Bank Parade drill hallWikidata place
- Burnley WoodWikidata place
- AngelsWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Castercliff7.5 km north-east
- Portfield hillfort9.0 km west
- Wycoller Hall11.7 km north-east
Neighbouring parishes
- Habergham Eaves
- Hapton
- Cliviger
- Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood
- Briercliffe
- Padiham
- Ightenhill
- Reedley Hallows
- Brierfield
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.