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LiDAR map of Sunderland
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 590 recorded places here: 277 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 188 listed buildings, 112 places recorded in Wikidata, 8 scheduled monuments, 2 registered parks and gardens. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Sunderland lies between about 25 m and 101 m above sea level; its highest point is about 172 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 barrows or cairns, 1 enclosure or other earthwork, 1 castle and 1 industrial site.
Sunderland 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 Sunderland, 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 Sunderland. 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 Sunderland. 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 277 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Sunderland 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 (277 features in this area) and the 590 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
- Tyne & Wear, England
- Area
- 111.6 km²
- Recorded places
- 590
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 25–101 m above sea level; highest 172 m
- ONS code
- E43000178
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Humbledon HillAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Ryhope pumping enginesScheduled monument
- Bowes RailwayScheduled monument
- Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill FarmScheduled monument
- Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill FarmScheduled monument
- Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-SpringScheduled monument
- First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket GroundScheduled monument
- Mowbray ParkRegistered park or garden
- Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardensScheduled monument
- Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, AlbanyScheduled monument
- Roker ParkRegistered park or garden
- Ouedra/Adron (river)Ancient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Hylton Castle
- Earl of Durham's Monument
- Hylton Chapel
- Phoenix Hall
- Washington Old Hall
- Kepier Grammar School
- Lodge
- Church of St Peter
- Fulwell Mill
- Church of St Andrew
- Church of St Michael and All Angels
- Church of Holy Trinity
- Monkwearmouth Museum of Land Transport
- Old South Pier Lighthouse in Roker Cliff Park
- Victoria Hall Disaster Memorial in Mowbray Park
- Church of St Michael
- Church of St George with Trininty and St James
- Houghton Le Spring Area Offices of Sunderland
- Central Chapel Bishopwearmouth Cemetery
- South Chapel Bishopwearmouth Cemetery
- West Park United Reformed Church
- North Chapel Bishopwearmouth Cemetery
- Houghton-le-Spring War Memorial
- Doxford House with conservatory
- Houghton Hall Young Mens Christian Association
- Washington Hall School
- The Empire Theatre
- Mountain Daisy Public House
- National Westminster Bank
- Wheatsheaf Hotel Public House
and 158 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Hylton CollieryWikidata place
- Monkwearmouth CollieryWikidata place
- Sunderland BarracksWikidata place
- Bishopwearmouth BurnWikidata place
- Hendon Beach Lifeboat StationWikidata place
- Monkwearmouth HospitalWikidata place
- Sunderland DocksWikidata place
- St Benet's Church, SunderlandWikidata place
- Cox GreenWikidata place
- Sunderland Civic CentreWikidata place
- Town Moor, SunderlandWikidata place
- Roker ParkWikidata place
- Institute for International Research in GlassWikidata place
- Academy 360Wikidata place
- St Robert of Newminster Catholic SchoolWikidata place
- Thornhill SchoolWikidata place
- Sunderland Royal HospitalWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Dalden Tower7.4 km south-east
- Chester New Bridge7.9 km west
- Concangis8.9 km west
Neighbouring parishes
- Gateshead
- North Lodge
- Lamesley
- West Rainton and Leamside
- Hetton
- Little Lumley
- Seaham
- Warden Law
- Burdon
- Bournmoor
- South Tyneside
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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.