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LiDAR map of Whalley
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Whalley, a parish in Lancashire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 24 recorded places here: 9 listed buildings, 8 places recorded in Wikidata, 3 Roman inscriptions, 2 scheduled monuments, 2 ancient places (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 46 m and 120 m above sea level; its highest point is about 186 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 hillfort and 1 bridge.
Whalley 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 Whalley, 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 Whalley. 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 Whalley. 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 Whalley 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 24 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
- 6.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 24
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 46–120 m above sea level; highest 186 m
- ONS code
- E04005287
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Portfield hillfortScheduled monument
- Whalley BridgeScheduled monument
- Hyperboreios/Douekaledonios OkeanosAncient place (Pleiades)
- Britannia/Albion (island)Ancient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Whalley Abbey
- Church of St Mary and All Saints
- North West Gateway
- Whalley Viaduct
- Sands Cottage
- Old Grammar School
- Former Whalley Arms
- Abbey Corn Mill
- War Memorial
Other recorded places
- Great BritainWikidata place
- Calderstones HospitalWikidata place
- River HodderWikidata place
- Station Road GroundWikidata place
- British Basketball LeagueWikidata place
- Whalley railway stationWikidata place
- WhalleyWikidata place
- BarrowWikidata place
- EdinburghRoman inscription
- BritanniaRoman inscription
- BritanniaRoman inscription
Nearest places with their own page
- Portfield hillfort870 m south-east
- Edisford Bridge5.5 km north
- Clitheroe Castle5.5 km north
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.
- Roman inscriptions: LatinNow Project, University of Nottingham, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.