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LiDAR map of Thirsk
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Thirsk, a parish in North Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 25 recorded places here: 21 listed buildings, 2 scheduled monuments, 2 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 30 m and 55 m above sea level; its highest point is about 73 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 motte or ringwork and 1 moated site.
Thirsk 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 Thirsk, 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 Thirsk. 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 Thirsk. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. More about this map
See Thirsk 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 and the 25 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
- 25
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 30–55 m above sea level; highest 73 m
- ONS code
- E04007276
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Thirsk Castle: a motte and bailey castleScheduled monument
- A moated site 100m east of St Mary Magdalene's ChurchScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Thirsk Hall
- Church of St Mary
- Thirsk Hall Cottages
- The Royal Oak Hotel
- The Red Bear Public House
- Cooperative Store
- The Cross Keys Public House
- Market Clock in centre, by the Post Office
- The Three Tuns Hotel
- The Golden Fleece Hotel
- The Black Bull Public House
- The Blacksmiths Arms Public House
- The Midland Bank
- The Royal Public House
- Thirsk Quaker Meeting House and Quaker Cottage
- Halifax Building Society
- New Bridge
- Mill Bridge
and 3 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Thirsk RacecourseWikidata place
- Thirsk railway stationWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Thirsk Castle1.9 km south-east
- Upsall Castle5.6 km north-east
- Thornborough Henges13.2 km west
Neighbouring parishes
- Bagby
- South Kilvington
- Felixkirk
- Thornbrough
- Sowerby
- Carlton Miniott
- Sandhutton
- Newsham with Breckenbrough
- Thornton-le-Street
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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.