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LiDAR map of Oxford
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Oxford, Oxfordshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 629 recorded places here: 482 listed buildings, 130 places recorded in Wikidata, 8 registered parks and gardens, 6 scheduled monuments, 2 lost settlements. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Oxford lies between about 56 m and 94 m above sea level; its highest point is about 108 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 3 monastic sites, 1 barrow or cairn and 1 medieval settlement.
Oxford 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 Oxford, 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 Oxford. 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 Oxford. 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 Oxford 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 629 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
- Oxfordshire, England
- Area
- 37.6 km²
- Recorded places
- 629
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 56–94 m above sea level; highest 108 m
- ONS code
- E43000128
Places with their own page
- /places/rewley-abbey/
- /places/oxford-city-walls/
- /places/seacourt/
- /places/osney-abbey/
- /places/rewley-road-swing-bridge/
- /places/oxford-castle/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Oxford Botanic GardenRegistered park or garden
- New CollegeRegistered park or garden
- Christ ChurchRegistered park or garden
- Magdalen CollegeRegistered park or garden
- Worcester CollegeRegistered park or garden
- ThornburyAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Osney Abbey (remains of)Scheduled monument
- Rewley AbbeyScheduled monument
- Ring ditches, barrows and associated enclosures, Port MeadowScheduled monument
- The University Parks, OxfordRegistered park or garden
- Godstow Abbey: a Benedictine nunnery, associated earthworks, leats and bridge, immediately south of Godstow BridgeScheduled monument
- Old Abingdon Road CulvertsScheduled monument
- Seacourt medieval settlement 760m west of Manor Farm, BinseyScheduled monument
- Park TownRegistered park or garden
- High Wall, HeadingtonRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Well House Oxford Castle
- St Catherines College, Bicycle Store
- New College, Bell Tower
- Merton College, Sacristy
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Trinity College, South Range
- Merton College, Chapel, Front Quadrangle
- Cathedral Church
- Christ Church, Canterbury Quadrangle
- Christchurch, Mercury Fountain, the Great
- St Catherines College, Music Room
- The Golden Cross Hotel
- The Sheldonian Theatre
- The University Museum and Pitt Rivers Museum
- University College, East Range
- Christchurch, The Great Quadrangle
- Lincoln College, South Range, Front Quadrangle
- Trinity College, North Range
- The Queens College, West Range
- New College Oxford, Cloister
- Brasenose College, Kitchen Wing, Second Quadrangle
- All Souls College, the Codrington Library
- Church of St Mary Magdalen
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- St Johns College, East Range
- Trinity College, East Range
- Church of St Michael
- Corpus Christi College, Chapel
- Magdalen College, the New Buildings
- Oriel College, West Range
and 452 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Oxford Ice RinkWikidata place
- Cowley BarracksWikidata place
- Oxford e-Research CentreWikidata place
- Aston's EyotWikidata place
- Department of Materials, University of OxfordWikidata place
- Osney Mill MarinaWikidata place
- Programming Research GroupWikidata place
- Trap GroundsWikidata place
- Castle MillWikidata place
- St Anthony of Padua, OxfordWikidata place
- St Andrew's ChurchWikidata place
- River CherwellWikidata place
- The Oxford Artisan DistilleryWikidata place
- Headington HillWikidata place
- Port MeadowWikidata place
- St Edward's SchoolWikidata place
- Tumbling BayWikidata place
- Botley ParkWikidata place
- Oxford Brookes UniversityWikidata place
- New College SchoolWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Oxford city walls1.0 km south-west
- Oxford Castle1.4 km south-west
- Rewley Abbey1.7 km west
Neighbouring parishes
- Sandford-on-Thames
- Garsington
- Kennington
- Littlemore
- Blackbird Leys
- Horspath
- Risinghurst and Sandhills
- Forest Hill with Shotover
- Old Marston
- Elsfield
- South Hinksey
- Botley and North Hinksey
- Wytham
- Gosford and Water Eaton
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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.