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LiDAR map of Knaresborough
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Knaresborough, a parish in North Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 72 recorded places here: 52 listed buildings, 10 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 6 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 scheduled monuments, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 39 m and 76 m above sea level; its highest point is about 96 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 castle and 1 bridge.
Knaresborough 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 Knaresborough, 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 Knaresborough. 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 Knaresborough. 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 10 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Knaresborough 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 (10 features in the parish) and the 72 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
- 12.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 72
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 39–76 m above sea level; highest 96 m
- ONS code
- E04007372
Places with their own page
- /places/knaresborough-castle/
- /places/st-robert-s-cave-and-chapel-of-the-holy-cross/
- /places/high-bridge-north-yorkshire/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Gates Hill Camp, Nidd GorgeAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Knaresborough CastleScheduled monument
- High BridgeScheduled monument
- KnaresboroughAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag
- Conyngham Hall
- Church of Saint John the Baptist
- Saint Roberts Cave, Also Called Saint Roberts
- Castle Mill Wheelhouse Block on River Edge
- Ashwell House
- Railway Viaduct Over the River Nidd
- Castle Mill: Central Building at Right Angle
- Fort Montague
- Castle Mill Building to North
- Castle Mill Weaving Shed
- Weir Across River Nidd at Castle Mill
- Castle Mill Cottage
- Castle Mill Central Range Parallel to and Set
- Roman Catholic Church of Saint Mary
- Steps to Market Cross
- Royal Oak Public House Next to No 2
- Mother Shipton Inn
- The Groves Inn
- Newton House Hotel
- The Borough Bailiff
- George and Dragon Public House
- Wall with Stone Pier Supporting Lamp Bracket
- Signal Box at Knaresborough Station
- Knaresborough Station
- Water Tower at Knaresborough Station
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Primitive Methodist Chapel to Rear of Nos 20
- The Abbey
- The Old Carpet Mart
and 22 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Knaresborough ZooWikidata place
- Nidd GorgeWikidata place
- Knaresborough Hay Park Lane railway stationWikidata place
- Bilton HallWikidata place
- AiredaleWikidata place
- CalcuttWikidata place
- CASTLEAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- MILL PONDAerial survey feature
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- LIMESTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- SAND AND GRAVEL EXTRACTION SITEAerial survey feature
- LIMESTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- WATER CHANNELAerial survey feature
- BOUNDARY\GARDEN FEATUREAerial survey feature
- BATTERY\PROMONTORY FORTAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Knaresborough Castle460 m south-west
- High Bridge670 m west
- St Robert's Cave and Chapel of the Holy Cross1.5 km south-east
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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.