LiDAR map of Orford
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Orford, a parish in Suffolk, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 57 recorded places here: 32 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 19 listed buildings, 4 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 scheduled monument, 1 wreck. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about -0 m and 9 m above sea level; its highest point is about 17 m.
Orford 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 Orford, 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 Orford. 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 Orford. 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 32 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Orford 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 (32 features in the parish) and the 57 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
- Suffolk, England
- Area
- 11.6 km²
- Recorded places
- 57
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly -0–9 m above sea level; highest 17 m
- ONS code
- E04009440
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Orford Ness: the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment test buildings and associated structuresScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Orford Castle
- St Bartholomews Church
- Town Hall
- Butley Orford Oysterage
- Orford Ness: former Royal Flying Corps barrack
- Orford Ness: former RFC Officers' Mess and AWRE
- Orford Ness: Bomb Ballistics building
- Crown and Castle Hotel
- The Post Office
- Kings Head Public House
- Castle Antiques
- The Jolly Sailor Public House
- Number 29 Smithy Tea Rooms and Number 28
- Water Pump
- Old Brewery House
- Orford Ness: the Black Beacon
- Orford War Memorial
and 2 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Orfordness LighthouseWikidata place
- Orford NessWikidata place
- Havergate IslandWikidata place
- Suffolk Underwater Studies MuseumWikidata place
- AIRCRAFT OBSTRUCTION\ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY\ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH STATION\BOMBAerial survey feature
- BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION\BEACON\BUILDING\CASTLE\NISSEN HUT\PIT\STRUCTUREAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- MILITARY TRAINING SITE\OBSERVATION POST\TOWERAerial survey feature
- AIRCRAFT OBSTRUCTION\ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY\ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH STATION\BOMBAerial survey feature
- BANK (EARTHWORK)\BOUNDARY BANK\DRAINAGE SYSTEM\FLOOD DEFENCES\IRREGULAR ENCLOSURAerial survey feature
- DIVER BATTERY\HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERYAerial survey feature
- DIVER BATTERY\HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERYAerial survey feature
- AIR RAID SHELTER\BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION\NISSEN HUT\PILLBOX\SLIT TRENCHAerial survey feature
- AIRCRAFT OBSTRUCTION\ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY\ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH STATION\BOMBAerial survey feature
- BOMBING RANGE MARKERAerial survey feature
- OYSTER BEDSAerial survey feature
- GARDEN FEATURE\TERRACED LAWN\TREE RINGAerial survey feature
- ARMAMENT DEPOT\MAGAZINE\ORDNANCE STOREAerial survey feature
- BROADCASTING TRANSMITTER\POWER HOUSE\RADAR BEACON\RADIO STATIONAerial survey feature
- ARMOURY\BOMB STORE\MACHINE SHOPAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Campsey Priory12.8 km north-west
- Sutton Hoo13.9 km west
- Lady Alice Kenlis14.7 km west
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.
- Wrecks: UK Hydrographic Office via EMODnet Human Activities, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.