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LiDAR map of Chorley
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Chorley, Lancashire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 44 recorded places here: 29 listed buildings, 12 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 registered park or garden, 1 canal structure, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Chorley lies between about 58 m and 113 m above sea level; its highest point is about 207 m.
Chorley 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 Chorley, 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 Chorley. 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 Chorley. 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 Chorley 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 44 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
- 16.4 km²
- Recorded places
- 44
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 58–113 m above sea level; highest 207 m
- ONS code
- E43000094
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Astley HallRegistered park or garden
- SetantioiAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Astley Hall
- Church of St George
- Church of St Laurence
- Chorley Unitarian Chapel
- Duxbury Hall Barn
- Duxbury Hall Stable Block
- Duxbury Hall Coachhouse
- Lower Burgh Hall
- Higher Healey Farm House
- Gillibrand Hall Barn
- Church of St Peter
- Gateway to Roman Catholic Church of St Mary
- Former Gateway to St Laurences Churchyard
- Roman Catholic Church of St Mary
- Church of the Sacred Heart
- Roman Catholic Church of St Gregory
- War Memorial Gateway to Astley Park
- Railings Extending
- Chimney at Former Victoria Mill
- The Swan with Two Necks
- The George
- Canal Mill
- Canal Bridge Number 78
- Series of 16 Strainer Arches in Railway Cutting
- Leeds Liverpool Canal, Railway Bridge Over Leeds
- Canal Bridge Number 75
- Railway Viaduct
- Post and Railings Protecting Raised Section
- Canal Bridge Number 76
Other recorded places
- Preston England TempleWikidata place
- Lancashire College of Adult EducationWikidata place
- Chorley and South Ribble District General HospitalWikidata place
- Duxbury WoodsWikidata place
- Healey NabWikidata place
- River ChorWikidata place
- Southlands High SchoolWikidata place
- St. Michael's CE High SchoolWikidata place
- Yarrow Valley ParkWikidata place
- Yarrow BridgeWikidata place
- Chorley railway stationWikidata place
- Duxbury HallWikidata place
- Aqueduct 21, Crosse HallCanal structure
Nearest places with their own page
- Pikestones4.1 km east
- Round Loaf5.4 km east
- Gidlow Hall moated site10.6 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.