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LiDAR map of Lincoln
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 172 recorded places here: 93 listed buildings, 46 places recorded in Wikidata, 19 Roman inscriptions, 7 scheduled monuments, 3 registered parks and gardens. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Lincoln lies between about 4 m and 53 m above sea level; its highest point is about 78 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 3 Roman sites, 1 enclosure or other earthwork, 1 monastic site and 1 industrial site.
Lincoln 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 Lincoln, 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 Lincoln. 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 Lincoln. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. The records hold 2 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Lincoln 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 (2 features in this area) and the 172 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
- Lincolnshire, England
- Area
- 35.6 km²
- Recorded places
- 172
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 4–53 m above sea level; highest 78 m
- ONS code
- E43000110
Places with their own page
- /places/stonebow-and-guildhall/
- /places/lincoln-castle/
- /places/newport-arch/
- /places/lincoln-medieval-bishop-s-palace/
- /places/high-bridge-lincoln/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Lincoln Roman cemeteryScheduled monument
- The Newport Arch and town wallScheduled monument
- Roman remains beneath Boots buildingScheduled monument
- Roman wall and ditch on Motherby HillScheduled monument
- Newport EarthworksScheduled monument
- Lincoln ArboretumRegistered park or garden
- Monk's AbbeyScheduled monument
- Lime kilns at The Dell, off Wragby RoadScheduled monument
- Boultham ParkRegistered park or garden
- Hartsholme ParkRegistered park or garden
- Col. LindumAncient place (Pleiades)
- Newport Arch city gateAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Lincoln Castle
- Church of St Mary Le Wigford
- Church of St Peter at Gowts
- Greyfriars' Museum
- St Mary's Guildhall
- Remains of North Tower of Roman East Gate
- Jew's House
- Gatehouse and Gateway Tower to Vicars' Court
- Outer East Gateway to Bishops Palace
- Colonia Wall and Lower West Gate
- Stonebow and Guildhall
- Vicars Court
- Jews Court
- Roman Well and Part of Forum Wall
- Roman Wall Between Eastgate and North Wing
- Cathedral Church of St Mary and Cloisters
- The Priory
- Close Wall Between Number 16a Minster Yard
- Bishops Palace
- Cantilupe Chantry South
- Pottergate Arch
- Ruined Building
- Church of All Saints
- Greestone Steps and Arch
- St Catherines Methodist Church
- High Bridge
- Close Wall to South
- Mint Wall
- Tower and Sections of Close Wall Bordering
- The Deanery and Paley Flats
and 63 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- HM Prison LincolnWikidata place
- Siege of LincolnWikidata place
- Battle of LincolnWikidata place
- The Old Barracks, LincolnWikidata place
- The Hospital of the Holy Innocents, LincolnWikidata place
- All Saints in Hungate ChurchWikidata place
- St Katherine's Priory, LincolnWikidata place
- Sobraon BarracksWikidata place
- RAF SkellingthorpeWikidata place
- Lincoln rail crashWikidata place
- Lincoln Central Mosque and Cultural CentreWikidata place
- Holy Cross and St Helen's Church, LincolnWikidata place
- St. Andrew's Church, LincolnWikidata place
- Sincil DikeWikidata place
- The Priory Witham AcademyWikidata place
- University of LincolnWikidata place
- Lincoln Bishop UniversityWikidata place
- River TillWikidata place
- Sincil BankWikidata place
- Lincoln County HospitalWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- High Bridge, Lincoln1.6 km north-east
- Stonebow and Guildhall1.6 km north-east
- Lincoln Castle2.1 km north-east
Neighbouring parishes
- Washingborough
- Greetwell
- Nettleham
- Waddington
- North Hykeham
- Bracebridge Heath
- Canwick
- Doddington and Whisby
- Skellingthorpe
- Burton
- Riseholme
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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- 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.