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LiDAR map of Nelson
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Nelson, a parish in Lancashire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 30 recorded places here: 17 listed buildings, 11 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry, 1 canal structure. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 132 m and 292 m above sea level; its highest point is about 338 m.
Nelson 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 Nelson, 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 Nelson. 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 Nelson. 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 Nelson 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 30 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
- Lancashire, England
- Area
- 12.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 30
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 132–292 m above sea level; highest 338 m
- ONS code
- E04005233
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- CastercliffAtlas of Hillforts entry
Listed buildings
- Lower Townhouse Farm
- Boy Scout War Memorial
- Church of St Mary
- The Station Hotel
- Former Union Bank of Manchester
- Southfield Methodist Church and Barn
- Church of St Paul
- Cemetery Chapel, Walton Lane
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal Warehouse
- Gateway and Railings to Cemetery
- Former Nelson Old Library
- Packhorse Bridge
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal Whitefield Bridge
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal Lomeshaye Bridge Number
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal Swinden Aqueduct
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal Swinden Bridge Number
- Stocks
Other recorded places
- Pendle Community HospitalWikidata place
- Nelson power stationWikidata place
- Walverden WaterWikidata place
- Colne WaterWikidata place
- Nelson and Colne CollegeWikidata place
- Seedhill Cricket GroundWikidata place
- Bott Lane Halt railway stationWikidata place
- NelsonWikidata place
- British In India MuseumWikidata place
- Alhambra TheatreWikidata place
- Nelson Palace TheatreWikidata place
- Aqueduct 34, ReedyfordCanal structure
Nearest places with their own page
- Castercliff1.2 km north-east
- Wycoller Hall5.9 km east
- Portfield hillfort13.1 km west
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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
Last updated 2026-10-16.