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LiDAR map of Adur
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Adur, West Sussex, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 102 recorded places here: 63 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 16 listed buildings, 12 places recorded in Wikidata, 5 scheduled monuments, 4 lost settlements. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Adur lies between about 4 m and 90 m above sea level; its highest point is about 150 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 Roman site, 1 hillfort and 1 medieval settlement.
Adur 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 Adur, 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 Adur. 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 Adur. 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 63 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Adur 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 (63 features in this area) and the 102 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
- West Sussex, England
- Area
- 17.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 102
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 4–90 m above sea level; highest 150 m
- ONS code
- E43000147
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- The MarlipinsScheduled monument
- Thundersbarrow HillAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Shoreham Fort, 120m SSE of East HouseScheduled monument
- Romano-British villa at Manor Hall Road, SouthwickScheduled monument
- Martin Down style enclosure, bowl barrow, Iron Age hillfort, Romano-British village and associated field system on Thundersbarrow HillScheduled monument
- Shrunken medieval settlement at Old ErringhamScheduled monument
- SouthwickAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Church of St Nicolas
- Church of St Mary De Haura
- Church of St Julian
- Church of St Michael
- The Hall
- Kingston Lighthouse
- The Royal Sussex Yacht Club Boat Store
- War Memorial
- Ruined Dovecote, 90 Yards North
- St John's
- Sussex Arms Public House
- Church House
- The Queen Anne and Cuckoo Clock Restaurants
- Southwick Community Centre
- Red Lion Public House
- The Ruins of Old Buckingham House
Other recorded places
- Admiralty M-N SchemeWikidata place
- Southwick Hill TunnelWikidata place
- Kings Manor Community CollegeWikidata place
- Mill Hill, ShorehamWikidata place
- Shoreham Power StationWikidata place
- Southlands HospitalWikidata place
- Fishersgate railway stationWikidata place
- Southwick railway stationWikidata place
- Shoreham-by-Sea railway stationWikidata place
- Southwick Ship CanalWikidata place
- Kingston by SeaWikidata place
- Shoreham-by-SeaWikidata place
- SLIT TRENCHAerial survey feature
- AIR RAID SHELTER\BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION\COASTAL BATTERY\GUN EMPLACEMENT\MILITARAerial survey feature
- BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTIONAerial survey feature
- PILLBOX\STOREHOUSE\TOILETAerial survey feature
- AIR RAID SHELTER\BANK (EARTHWORK)Aerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Thundersbarrow Hill1.4 km north
- Shoreham Fort2.5 km south
- Portslade Manor3.1 km 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: 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.