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LiDAR map of Chichester
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Chichester, a parish in West Sussex, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 112 recorded places here: 78 listed buildings, 11 places recorded in Wikidata, 11 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 7 scheduled monuments, 3 Roman inscriptions. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 9 m and 31 m above sea level; its highest point is about 36 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 5 enclosures and other earthworks, 1 castle and 1 Roman site.
Chichester 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 Chichester, 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 Chichester. 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 Chichester. 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 11 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Chichester 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 (11 features in the parish) and the 112 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
- West Sussex, England
- Area
- 10.7 km²
- Recorded places
- 112
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 9–31 m above sea level; highest 36 m
- ONS code
- E04009888
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Chichester CastleScheduled monument
- Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 430yds (393m) through East Broyle Copse, to railway, and earthwork extending 400yds (365m) from Brandy Hole Lane, New FishbourneScheduled monument
- Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 360yds (330m) from Otter Memorial CollegeScheduled monument
- Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section at Brandy Hole, extending E 230yds (210m) from railway, New FishbourneScheduled monument
- Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 480yds (440m) from The Drive, Summersdale, near ChichesterScheduled monument
- Chichester Dyke, earthwork E of Chichester Barracks extending 600yds (550m)Scheduled monument
- Roman amphitheatreScheduled monument
- Graylingwell HospitalRegistered park or garden
- NoviomagusAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- The John Edes House
- Canon Gate
- Pallant House
- Vicar's Hall and Crypt
- Chichester Festival Theatre
- The Royal West Sussex Hospital
- The Former Church of St Olave
- St Mary's Hospital
- Corn Exchange
- Bell Tower of the Cathedral
- Chichester War Memorial
- Former Church of St John the Evangelist
- The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity
- City Walls
- The Royal Chantry
- Former Royal Arms Public House
- The Palace
- Church of St Mary
- Graylingwell Farmhouse
- The Ship Hotel
- West Sussex Library
- Roman Catholic Church of St Richard
- St Martin's House
- The Deanery
- Friars Gate House
- Richmond House
- The Chichester Inn
- Fernleigh
- Premises Occupied by No 7
- The Prebendal School
and 48 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Roussillon BarracksWikidata place
- University of ChichesterWikidata place
- Chichester CollegeWikidata place
- Chichester High School For BoysWikidata place
- Graylingwell HospitalWikidata place
- Otter GalleryWikidata place
- St Richard's HospitalWikidata place
- Chichester railway stationWikidata place
- Chichester Crown CourtWikidata place
- Chichester Cemetery Cross of SacrificeWikidata place
- Chichester Crematorium and Garden of RemembranceWikidata place
- ChichesterRoman inscription
- ChichesterRoman inscription
- ChichesterRoman inscription
- AMPHITHEATREAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Chichester Castle750 m south-east
- Chichester Guildhall750 m south-east
- Chichester Cross950 m south
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.
- Roman inscriptions: LatinNow Project, University of Nottingham, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.