LiDAR map of Hemsby
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Hemsby, a parish in Norfolk, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 23 recorded places here: 17 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 5 listed buildings, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 1 m and 14 m above sea level; its highest point is about 17 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 cross.
Hemsby 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 Hemsby, 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 Hemsby. 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 Hemsby. 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 17 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Hemsby 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 (17 features in the parish) and the 23 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
- Norfolk, England
- Area
- 7.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 23
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 1–14 m above sea level; highest 17 m
- ONS code
- E04006270
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Wayside cross on Yarmouth Road 300m south east of Church FarmScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of St. Mary the Virgin
- Cross Base in St Mary's Churchyard
- Hemsby War Memorial
- Cross Base in St Mary's Churchyard
- Pair of Coffin Lids One Metre
Other recorded places
- ACCOMMODATION HUT\GENERATOR HOUSE\GUN EMPLACEMENT\HUT\MILITARY BUILDING\NISSEN HAerial survey feature
- BANK (EARTHWORK)\BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION\BOMB CRATER\DITCH\GUN EMPLACEMENT\PILLBAerial survey feature
- BEACH DEFENCE\BEACH SCAFFOLDING\DEFENCE WORK\GUN EMPLACEMENT\PILLBOX\SLIT TRENCHAerial survey feature
- PILLBOX\PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)Aerial survey feature
- MOUND\RING DITCH\ROUND BARROW\STACK STAND\WINDMILL MOUNDAerial survey feature
- BURIAL\PIT\RING DITCH\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- BURIAL\PIT\RING DITCH\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- BURIAL\PIT\RING DITCH\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- PILLBOX\PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)Aerial survey feature
- GUN EMPLACEMENT\MILITARY BUILDING\MILITARY CAMP\MILITARY TRAINING SITE\NISSEN HUAerial survey feature
- MILITARY CAMP\MILITARY DEPOTAerial survey feature
- PILLBOX\RADAR BEACONAerial survey feature
- DEFENCE WORK\GUN EMPLACEMENT\PILLBOX\PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)\SLIT TRENCH\STRUCTUREAerial survey feature
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE\OVAL BARROW\OVAL ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- RING DITCH\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- BANK (EARTHWORK)\BOUNDARY BANK\DITCH\FIELD BOUNDARY\ROAD\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- GUN EMPLACEMENT\MILITARY BUILDING\MILITARY CAMP\MILITARY TRAINING SITE\NISSEN HUAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Caister Castle5.0 km south
- Hickling Priory10.6 km north-west
- St Benet's Abbey10.7 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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Last updated 2026-10-16.