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LiDAR map of York
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of York, North Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 469 recorded places here: 372 listed buildings, 49 places recorded in Wikidata, 35 Roman inscriptions, 4 scheduled monuments, 4 ancient places (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in York lies between about 10 m and 21 m above sea level; its highest point is about 38 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 barrow or cairn and 1 cross.
York 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 York, 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 York. 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 York. 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 York 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 this area) and the 469 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
- North Yorkshire, England
- Area
- 28.4 km²
- Recorded places
- 469
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 10–21 m above sea level; highest 38 m
- ONS code
- E43000013
Places with their own page
- /places/lamel-hill-anglo-saxon-tumulus/
- /places/york-castle/
- /places/st-mary-s-abbey-york/
- /places/york-cold-war-bunker/
- /places/the-norman-house/
- /places/merchant-adventurers-hall/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- York CemeteryRegistered park or garden
- Lamel Hill (Anglo-Saxon tumulus)Scheduled monument
- Grounds associated with the RetreatRegistered park or garden
- Fulford cross, 200m south west of the barracksScheduled monument
- Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe HillScheduled monument
- Jewbury Medieval Jewish CemeteryScheduled monument
- Roman Fortress at YorkAncient place (Pleiades)
- Multangular TowerAncient place (Pleiades)
- EburacumAncient place (Pleiades)
- Roman colonia at YorkAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Merchant Adventurers Hall
- St Marys Abbey Remains Church
- Cumberland House
- The Assembly Rooms
- Cliffords Tower
- Church of St Denys
- Church of St Cuthbert
- Church of St Michael le Belfrey
- Jacobs Well
- St Anthonys Hall
- The York Story
- Merchant Taylors Hall
- St Leonards Hospital Remains
- St Margarets Church
- The Norman House
- Church of St Michael
- Central Methodist Church
- Anglian Tower
- Cathedral Church of St Peter, York Minster
- Nos. 41, 43 and 45, GOODRAMGATE
- The Wealden Hall
- St Williams College
- Fairfax House
- Church of St Mary Bishophill Junior
- Judges Lodging
- St Saviourgate Unitarian Chapel
- Pikeing Well
- Lendal Tower
- Lady Row
- Old Palace, York
and 342 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Baile HillWikidata place
- Siege of YorkWikidata place
- disappearance of Claudia LawrenceWikidata place
- St BarnabasWikidata place
- St James the DeaconWikidata place
- Our Lady's ChurchWikidata place
- Southlands Methodist ChurchWikidata place
- St John's in the Marsh churchWikidata place
- Hull Road ParkWikidata place
- West Bank ParkWikidata place
- Holgate Road carriage worksWikidata place
- York Wagon WorksWikidata place
- River FossWikidata place
- Bootham CrescentWikidata place
- The RetreatWikidata place
- Ashfield Secondary Modern SchoolWikidata place
- Bootham Park HospitalWikidata place
- Elmfield CollegeWikidata place
- Foss Island Power StationWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- York Castle670 m east
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall820 m north-east
- St Mary's Abbey, York900 m north
Neighbouring parishes
- Bishopthorpe
- Fulford
- Heslington
- Osbaldwick
- Heworth Without
- Clifton Without
- Askham Bryan
- Rufforth with Knapton
- Upper Poppleton
- Nether Poppleton
- Huntington
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.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
- Roman inscriptions: LatinNow Project, University of Nottingham, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.