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LiDAR map of Norwich
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Norwich, Norfolk, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 607 recorded places here: 286 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 258 listed buildings, 50 places recorded in Wikidata, 8 registered parks and gardens, 5 scheduled monuments. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Norwich lies between about 5 m and 36 m above sea level; its highest point is about 56 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 3 churches or chapels, 1 barrow or cairn and 1 monastic site.
Norwich 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 Norwich, 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 Norwich. 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 Norwich. 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 286 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Norwich 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 (286 features in this area) and the 607 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
- Norfolk, England
- Area
- 39.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 607
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 5–36 m above sea level; highest 56 m
- ONS code
- E43000115
Places with their own page
- /places/norfolk-city-walls-and-towers/
- /places/norwich-castle/
- /places/st-lawrence-s-well-lower-westick-street/
- /places/st-leonard-s-priory-norwich/
- /places/st-ethelbert-s-gate/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Eaton ParkRegistered park or garden
- Waterloo ParkRegistered park or garden
- The Rosary CemeteryRegistered park or garden
- Remains of Bowthorpe ChurchScheduled monument
- Two tumuli, Eaton HeathScheduled monument
- St Bartholomew's Church, HeighamScheduled monument
- The Plantation Garden, NorwichRegistered park or garden
- Remains of St Leonard's PrioryScheduled monument
- Wensum ParkRegistered park or garden
- Heigham ParkRegistered park or garden
- Site of St William's ChapelScheduled monument
- Mile Cross GardensRegistered park or garden
- Norwich CityRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Norwich Castle
- Church of St Martin at Palace
- The Assembly House
- Carrow Abbey
- St Edmunds Church
- Church of St Michael at Plea
- St Margaret's Church
- Church of St Mary the Less
- Church of St Martin at Oak
- St Gregory's Church
- Church of St Peter Mancroft
- St Peter Hungate Museum
- Remains of St Benedict's Church
- Church of St Simon and St Jude
- All Saints Church
- Church of St Michael Coslany
- Church of St Peter Parmentergate
- The Guildhall
- Norwich Union Offices
- Cinema City
- Norwich Arts Centre
- Strangers Hall Museum
- Church of St John Baptist
- Cringleford Bridge
- Strangers Club
- Church of St Andrew
- Church of St Lawrence
- Octagon Chapel
- Church of St Etheldreda
- Church of St Clement
and 228 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- HM Prison NorwichWikidata place
- Britannia BarracksWikidata place
- RAF Mousehold HeathWikidata place
- Vinegar PondWikidata place
- CityGates ChurchWikidata place
- University of East AngliaWikidata place
- Carrow RoadWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- St Lawrence's Well, Lower Westick Street1.1 km south
- St Ethelbert's Gate1.5 km south-east
- Norwich Castle1.5 km south-east
Neighbouring parishes
- Keswick and Intwood
- Caistor St Edmund and Bixley
- Cringleford
- Trowse with Newton
- Colney
- Bawburgh
- Thorpe St. Andrew
- Costessey
- Hellesdon
- Sprowston
- Old Catton
- Spixworth
- Horsham St. Faith and Newton St. Faith
- Horsford
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.