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LiDAR map of Newcastle upon Tyne

Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 651 recorded places here: 401 listed buildings, 131 places recorded in Wikidata, 34 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 34 ancient places (Pleiades), 22 Roman inscriptions. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Newcastle upon Tyne lies between about 26 m and 104 m above sea level; its highest point is about 136 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 Roman sites, 2 barrows or cairns, 1 cross and 1 church or chapel.

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Bare-earth LiDAR of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, 3.0 km across, north at the top

Newcastle upon Tyne 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

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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 (34 features in this area) and the 651 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.

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County
Tyne & Wear, England
Area
71.5 km²
Recorded places
651
Height (LiDAR)
Mostly 26–104 m above sea level; highest 136 m
ONS code
E43000270

Scheduled monuments and other designated sites

Listed buildings

and 371 more on the map.

Other recorded places

Nearest places with their own page

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.

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Last updated 2026-10-16.