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LiDAR map of Morpeth
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Morpeth, a parish in Northumberland, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 50 recorded places here: 27 listed buildings, 12 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 8 places recorded in Wikidata, 3 scheduled monuments. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 29 m and 70 m above sea level; its highest point is about 86 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 bridge, 1 monastic site and 1 motte or ringwork.
Morpeth 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 Morpeth, 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 Morpeth. 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 Morpeth. 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 12 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Morpeth 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 (12 features in the parish) and the 50 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
- Northumberland, England
- Area
- 9.8 km²
- Recorded places
- 50
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 29–70 m above sea level; highest 86 m
- ONS code
- E04013352
Places with their own page
- /places/newminster-abbey/
- /places/morpeth-castle/
- /places/morpeth-clock-tower/
- /places/motte-and-bailey-castle-on-haw-hill/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Morpeth Old BridgeScheduled monument
- Newminster AbbeyScheduled monument
- Motte and bailey castle on Haw HillScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Morpeth Castle
- The Clock Tower
- Collingwood House
- Church of St Mary
- The Court House
- Church of St James
- Entrance Screen to Churchyard of Church of St
- Lychgate North
- Roman Catholic Church of St Robert
- Boys Brigade Headquarters
- The Cenotaph
- Morpeth Station
- Footbridge on Beggar Lane
- Churchyard Cross Approx 20 Yards
- The Old Bakehouse Coffee Shop
- The Beeswing
- Town and Country Antique Furniture Restorers
- Morpeth Masonic Lodge, Winton House
- Railings and Gates North
- Bolland Memorial
- Old Station Buildings
- Grave of Emily Davison Approx 100 Yards North
- Bell Headstone Approx 20 Yards South
- Softley and Brown Headstones Approx 3 Yards
- Drainage Tunnel Exit on North Bank of River
- Lowford Bridge
and 1 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- The King Edward VI AcademyWikidata place
- Carlisle ParkWikidata place
- St George's Park, MorpethWikidata place
- St George's Hospital, MorpethWikidata place
- Bullers GreenWikidata place
- County HallWikidata place
- Northumberland County CouncilWikidata place
- Rail accidents at MorpethWikidata place
- MOTTEAerial survey feature
- MOTTEAerial survey feature
- WINDMILLAerial survey feature
- RACECOURSEAerial survey feature
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Morpeth Clock Tower140 m north
- Motte and bailey castle on Haw Hill280 m south-east
- Morpeth Castle420 m 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.