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LiDAR map of Luton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Luton, Bedfordshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 104 recorded places here: 64 places recorded in Wikidata, 37 listed buildings, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry, 1 registered park or garden, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Luton lies between about 114 m and 163 m above sea level; its highest point is about 181 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 field system.
Luton 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 Luton, 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 Luton. 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 Luton. 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 Luton 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 104 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
- Bedfordshire, England
- Area
- 43.4 km²
- Recorded places
- 104
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 114–163 m above sea level; highest 181 m
- ONS code
- E43000027
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Waulud's BankAtlas of Hillforts entry
- The Improvement GardenRegistered park or garden
- Strip lynchets on Stopsley CommonScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Parish Church of St Mary
- Bury Park United Reformed Church
- Luton Town Hall
- Former Chapel Langley School
- War Memorial
- Baptist Union Church
- Church of St Andrew
- Great Northern Public House
- George Ii Public House
- Central Block of St Marys Hospital
- The Nickel Bag Public House
- The Brewery Tap Public House the Pioneer Bookshop
- Red Lion Hotel
- The Painters Arms
- Luton Hoo War Memorial
- Ebenezer Chapel
- High Town Methodist Church
- Whitehill
- Christ Church
- Ceylon Baptist Church and Hall
- Railings Fronting Hall of Ceylon Baptist Church
- Church of St Matthew
- Gates, Dwarf Wall and Railings to High Town
- Railings Fronting Ceylon Baptist Church
- Railings to Front and Side of Ebenezer Chapel
- Holy Trinity Church
- Church of St Christopher
- Church of St Luke
- The White Hart Public House
- The Griffin Public House
and 7 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Luton CastleWikidata place
- Luton CarnivalWikidata place
- Prosper family murdersWikidata place
- Court Line Flight 95Wikidata place
- Wardown Park MuseumWikidata place
- River LeaWikidata place
- Mossman CollectionWikidata place
- Kenilworth RoadWikidata place
- Vauxhall LutonWikidata place
- Houghton BrookWikidata place
- Knapps BrookWikidata place
- Lewsey brookWikidata place
- Luton and Dunstable University HospitalWikidata place
- Rabia Girls' and Boys' SchoolWikidata place
- Stockwood Discovery CentreWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Waulud's Bank3.2 km north-west
- Someries Castle4.1 km south-east
- Dunstable Priory6.5 km west
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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.