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LiDAR map of Adamsdown
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Adamsdown, a community in Cardiff, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 32 recorded places here: 17 Coflein records, 9 listed buildings, 6 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 8 m and 12 m above sea level; its highest point is about 15 m.
Adamsdown 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Adamsdown, 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 Adamsdown. 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
See Adamsdown 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 and the 32 recorded places in the community, 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
- Cardiff, Wales
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 32
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 8–12 m above sea level; highest 15 m
- ONS code
- W04000837
Listed buildings
- Church of St German of Auxerre
- Church of St James the Great
- Trinity Methodist Church
- Clifton Church
- Cardiff Royal Infirmary
- Roath Branch Library
- Royal Oak Public House
and 2 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Cardiff Prison; HMP CardiffCoflein record
- Queen Street Railway StationCoflein record
- Adamsdown Primary SchoolCoflein record
- St Lawrence's Mission Church, Splott, CardiffCoflein record
- Mount HermonCoflein record
- University of South WalesWikidata place
- Old Illtydians RFCWikidata place
- Stacey Road English Independent Chapel, CardiffCoflein record
- Ebenezer English Baptist Chapel, Pearl StreetCoflein record
- Diamond Street Bible Christian ChapelCoflein record
- Roath Salvation Army ChapelCoflein record
- City Mission Inter-Denominational Chapel, CometCoflein record
- Metal Street Mission Room English CalvinisticCoflein record
- Broadway Gospel Hall Plymouth Bretheren ChapelCoflein record
- Broadway English Wesleyan Methodist ChapelCoflein record
- Fort Street Mission English Wesleyan MethodistCoflein record
- Harold Street Mission Wesleyan Methodist ChapelCoflein record
- Atrium, CardiffWikidata place
- Holland House, CardiffWikidata place
- Adam Street railway stationWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Cardiff Castle1.7 km west
- Old Leckwith Bridge4.2 km south-west
- Bishop's Palace4.3 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m 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.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.