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LiDAR map of Whitby
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Whitby, a parish in North Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 112 recorded places here: 98 listed buildings, 10 places recorded in Wikidata, 3 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 9 m and 78 m above sea level; its highest point is about 109 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 cross.
Whitby 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 Whitby, 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 Whitby. 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 Whitby. 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 3 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Whitby 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 (3 features in the parish) and the 112 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
- 9.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 112
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 9–78 m above sea level; highest 109 m
- ONS code
- E04007706
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- The Wishing Chair Cross cross base at junction of Stakesby Road and Westbourne RoadScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- The Abbey House
- Whitby Abbey
- Whitby Abbey Cross
- Captain Cooks House
- Donkey Road
- Old Town Hall
- Parish Church of St Mary
- The Church Stairs
- Youth Hostel
- Garden Walls and Gatepiers to the Abbey House
- St Columbans
- Whitby Cemetery Chapels
- Larpool Hall
- Larpool Mill
- Ewe Cote Hall
- Church of St Ninian
- St Hilda
- Brunswick Methodist Church and the Brunswick Room
- Church of St Hilda
- The Missions to Seaman
- Bagdale Old Hall
- Ruswarp Hall
- Low Stakesby Mansion
- Fish Pier
- East Pier
- Pier Hotel
- East Pier Lighthouse
- Sneaton Castle
- Former Clarence Temperance Hotel
- Black Swan Inn
and 68 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Sneaton CastleWikidata place
- Upgang Lifeboat StationWikidata place
- Pannett Art GalleryWikidata place
- Whitby PavilionWikidata place
- Whitby MuseumWikidata place
- Whitby engine shedWikidata place
- Whitby West Cliff railway stationWikidata place
- Whitby Urban DistrictWikidata place
- Carr HallWikidata place
- Whitby WizardWikidata place
- FORMAL GARDEN\RIDGE AND FURROWAerial survey feature
- TANK TRAPAerial survey feature
- AIR RAID SHELTERAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Whitby Abbey2.0 km north-east
- Beggar's Bridge11.2 km south-west
- Bent Rigg radar station14.2 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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.