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LiDAR map of Kirklees
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 724 recorded places here: 558 listed buildings, 145 places recorded in Wikidata, 7 canal structures, 5 scheduled monuments, 4 registered parks and gardens. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Kirklees lies between about 68 m and 369 m above sea level; its highest point is about 494 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 Roman sites, 1 bridge and 1 moated site.
Kirklees 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 Kirklees, 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 Kirklees. 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 Kirklees. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. More about this map
See Kirklees 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 and the 724 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 Yorkshire, England
- Area
- 204.4 km²
- Recorded places
- 724
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 68–369 m above sea level; highest 494 m
- ONS code
- E43000188
Places with their own page
- /places/almondbury-castle-hill/
- /places/thornhill-hall/
- /places/turnbridge-lift-bridge/
- /places/slack-roman-fort/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Castle Hill, AlmondburyAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Turn Bridge, Quay StreetScheduled monument
- Netherhall barnScheduled monument
- Cambodunum Roman fort and vicus, SlackScheduled monument
- Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field systemScheduled monument
- Grimscar Roman tileryScheduled monument
- Greenhead ParkRegistered park or garden
- Crow Nest ParkRegistered park or garden
- Dewsbury CemeteryRegistered park or garden
- Beaumont ParkRegistered park or garden
- Slack Roman Fort (Camulodonum?)Ancient place (Pleiades)
- Grimscar Roman tileryAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Huddersfield Railway Station
- Former Providence Place United Reformed Church
- Thornhill Lees Hall
- Huddersfield War Memorial
- Church of All Saints
- Red House
- Linthwaite Hall
- Milnsbridge House
- Oakwell Hall
- Church of All Saints
- Church of St Michael and All Angels
- Church of All Hallows
- Dewsbury Baptist Church, at Junction with Manor
- Whitechapel Church, Cleckheaton
- Former Huddersfield Infirmary
- St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield
- Colne Bridge Mill
- St Paul's Drill Hall, Huddersfield
- Heckmondwike War Memorial
- Banney Royd
- Church of St Thomas
- Bagshaw Museum
- Netherton Well
- Lodge to Armitage Bridge House
- Thornhill Hall Cottages
- Lockwood Baptist Chapel
- Healds Hall
- Salendine Nook Baptist Chapel
- Scapegoat Hill Baptist Church
- Arts Centre
and 528 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Huddersfield factory fireWikidata place
- murder of Jo CoxWikidata place
- M62 coach bombingWikidata place
- Standedge TunnelsWikidata place
- Cleckheaton Spen railway stationWikidata place
- Church of St Mark, Old Leeds RoadWikidata place
- Huddersfield power stationWikidata place
- Oakwell HospitalWikidata place
- Thornhill power stationWikidata place
- Wessenden ReservoirWikidata place
- Wessenden Head ReservoirWikidata place
- Old Town Hall, LiversedgeWikidata place
- Old Town Hall, SlaithwaiteWikidata place
- Moorside EdgeWikidata place
- Fox's Biscuits StadiumWikidata place
- Westborough High SchoolWikidata place
- Batley Girls High SchoolWikidata place
- Upper Batley High SchoolWikidata place
- Blackmoorfoot ReservoirWikidata place
- Crown FlattWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Slack Roman fort3.4 km north
- Almondbury Castle Hill6.0 km east
- Turnbridge Lift Bridge6.2 km north-east
Neighbouring parishes
- Kirkburton
- Mirfield
- Holme Valley
- Meltham
- Sitlington
- Morley
- Drighlington
- Gildersome
- Stainland and District
- Calderdale
- Saddleworth
- Ripponden
- Wakefield
- Leeds
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.
- 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.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
- Roman inscriptions: LatinNow Project, University of Nottingham, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.