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LiDAR map of Thatcham
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Thatcham, a parish in Berkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 28 recorded places here: 14 listed buildings, 10 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 scheduled monuments, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 66 m and 114 m above sea level; its highest point is about 143 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 moated site.
Thatcham 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 Thatcham, 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 Thatcham. 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 Thatcham. 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 Thatcham 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 28 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
- Berkshire, England
- Area
- 21.8 km²
- Recorded places
- 28
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 66–114 m above sea level; highest 143 m
- ONS code
- E04001194
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Monkey Marsh Lock, Kennet and Avon CanalScheduled monument
- RamsburyAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Moated manorial site 200m north-west of East Field CopseScheduled monument
- Thatcham, BerkshireAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- The Old Bluecoat School
- Church of St. Mary
- The Plough Public House
- United Reformed Church
- The Old Chequers Public House
- Dibbin Tomb
- Church Gate House and Quadrant Wing Wall to Right
- The Prancing Horse Public House
- Mathews Tomb
- The Kings Head Inn
- Buttercross
- Milestone
- Milestone
- Milestone
Other recorded places
- Thatcham Reed BedsWikidata place
- Bowdown and Chamberhouse WoodsWikidata place
- Greenham and Crookham CommonsWikidata place
- The Nature Discovery CentreWikidata place
- Nature Discovery CentreWikidata place
- Widmead LockWikidata place
- Heads HillWikidata place
- ThatchamWikidata place
- ColthropWikidata place
- CrookhamWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Monkey Marsh Lock510 m south-east
- Litten Chapel5.1 km west
- Grimsbury Castle5.7 km north
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.
- 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.