LiDAR map of Sketty
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Sketty (Sgeti), a community in Swansea, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 39 recorded places here: 20 Coflein records, 12 listed buildings, 6 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 10 m and 149 m above sea level; its highest point is about 178 m.
Sketty 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Sketty, 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 Sketty. 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
See Sketty 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 and the 39 recorded places in the community, 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
- Swansea, Wales
- Area
- 6.8 km²
- Recorded places
- 39
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 10–149 m above sea level; highest 178 m
- ONS code
- W04000595
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Ynys Pit & LeatScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Sketty Hall
- Brynmill Lodge at Singleton Park
- Singleton Abbey
- New Bethel Chapel
- Lamp to Centre of Entrance Forecourt at Singleton
- The Belvedere
- Bridge over River Clyne known as 'Roman Bridge'
- Church of St Paul
- Lychgate to Church of St Paul
- Fountain in Botanical Gardens, Singleton Park
- Swiss Cottage in Singleton Park
- Stewart Hall and No 68
Other recorded places
- Singleton Park DovecotCoflein record
- Cefn Coed HospitalCoflein record
- Hospital ChapelCoflein record
- Clyne Valley Tramway BedCoflein record
- Singleton HospitalCoflein record
- Swansea University Botanic Garden, SwanseaCoflein record
- Bishop Gore Comprehensive School, SwanseaCoflein record
- Pillbox, The Promenade, Sketty, SwanseaCoflein record
- Sketty Baptist Chapel, Carnglass Road, SkettyCoflein record
- Methodist Church, Dilwyn Road, SkettyCoflein record
- Bethel English Independent ChapelCoflein record
- Bethel, Sketty, Cockett; Sgeti, Cocyd, YCoflein record
- Gower Road, Waunarlwydd, Cocyd,Y; CockettCoflein record
- Gower College SwanseaWikidata place
- Singleton ParkWikidata place
- Park Wern;Parc Beck, Garden, SkettyCoflein record
- Parc Wern; Park Beck, SwanseaCoflein record
- Singleton Park Water PumpCoflein record
- SgetiCoflein record
- Swansea WestWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Swansea Castle3.6 km east
- Oystermouth Castle4.3 km south
- Morris Castle5.4 km north-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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m 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.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.