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LiDAR map of Taunton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Taunton, a parish in Somerset, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 134 recorded places here: 109 listed buildings, 16 places recorded in Wikidata, 9 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 14 m and 41 m above sea level; its highest point is about 73 m.
Taunton 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 Taunton, 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 Taunton. 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 Taunton. 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 9 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Taunton 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 (9 features in the parish) and the 134 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
- Somerset, England
- Area
- 20.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 134
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 14–41 m above sea level; highest 73 m
- ONS code
- E04013217
Listed buildings
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Castle Bow
- St George's Church
- No. 15 Fore Street and cottage at rear
- Roman Catholic Church of St George
- Nos. 1-10 Grays Alms Houses
- St Margaret's Hospital
- Unitarian Chapel
- St Joseph's Convent
- Taunton Castle: Standing Buildings of the Inner
- Masonic Hall
- Queens College
- St Andrew's Church
- Roman Catholic Church of St Teresa of Lisieux
- Priory Barn
- St James Church
- The Market House
- County Hotel
- Musgrove Manor
- Comeytrowe Manor
- Wheatleigh House
- Summerhouse at Language Centre
- Sherford House
- Somerset and Wilts Savings Bank
- War Memorial at Queen's College
- Shire Hall
- King's College
- Phoenix Hotel
- Former Club Premises
and 79 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Taunton CastleWikidata place
- Taunton Flower ShowWikidata place
- Taunton sleeping car fireWikidata place
- Taunton PrioryWikidata place
- United Kingdom Hydrographic OfficeWikidata place
- Ladymead Community SchoolWikidata place
- Musgrove Park HospitalWikidata place
- Somerset College of Arts and TechnologyWikidata place
- Taunton SchoolWikidata place
- The Castle SchoolWikidata place
- The St Augustine of Canterbury SchoolWikidata place
- Pyrland SchoolWikidata place
- Vivary ParkWikidata place
- ComeytroweWikidata place
- StaplegroveWikidata place
- MOUNDAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Norton Camp3.9 km west
- Bradford Bridge6.3 km west
- Ruborough Camp8.7 km north
Neighbouring parishes
- Pitminster
- Trull
- Stoke St. Mary
- Bishop's Hull
- Norton Fitzwarren
- West Monkton
- Cheddon Fitzpaine
- Kingston St. Mary
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.