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LiDAR map of Heslington
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Heslington, a parish in North Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 30 recorded places here: 17 places recorded in Wikidata, 9 listed buildings, 2 scheduled monuments, 2 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 8 m and 14 m above sea level; its highest point is about 37 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 military site.
Heslington 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 Heslington, 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 Heslington. 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 Heslington. 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 Heslington 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 the parish) 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
- North Yorkshire, England
- Area
- 12.7 km²
- Recorded places
- 30
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 8–14 m above sea level; highest 37 m
- ONS code
- E04000604
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington HillScheduled monument
- World War II bombing decoy 500m east of Bland's PlantationScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- The Little Hall
- Heslington Hall
- Central Hall, University of York
- Wesleyan Chapel
- Untitled sculpture, University of York
- Dryad sculpture, University of York
- Font
- Heslington Anglican and Methodist Church
- Village School
Other recorded places
- Langwith CollegeWikidata place
- Anne Lister CollegeWikidata place
- Spring Lane BuildingWikidata place
- Advance HEWikidata place
- Constantine College, YorkWikidata place
- Alcuin CollegeWikidata place
- Goodricke CollegeWikidata place
- Halifax CollegeWikidata place
- James CollegeWikidata place
- Wentworth CollegeWikidata place
- York Student TelevisionWikidata place
- York Science ParkWikidata place
- Vice-Chancellor's HouseWikidata place
- Pool Bridge FarmWikidata place
- More HouseWikidata place
- HeslingtonWikidata place
- Fulford Golf ClubWikidata place
- DOUBLE DITCHED ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- BOMBING DECOY\STARFISH SITEAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Siwards How2.9 km north-west
- Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)3.5 km north-west
- York Castle4.5 km north-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.