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LiDAR map of West Rainton and Leamside
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of West Rainton and Leamside, a parish in County Durham, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 15 recorded places here: 6 listed buildings, 6 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 53 m and 97 m above sea level; its highest point is about 107 m.
West Rainton and Leamside 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 West Rainton and Leamside, 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 West Rainton and Leamside. 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 West Rainton and Leamside. 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 2 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See West Rainton and Leamside 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 (2 features in the parish) and the 15 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
- County Durham, England
- Area
- 8.4 km²
- Recorded places
- 15
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 53–97 m above sea level; highest 107 m
- ONS code
- E04010710
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Coal mining remains in Mallygill WoodScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- West Rainton War Memorial
- Church of St Mary and 2 Arches Attached to North
- Road Bridge Over Railway
- Former Ebenezer Chapel
- Former Londonderry School, Now Offices of Chevron
- Bridge Over Railway
Other recorded places
- Leamside railway stationWikidata place
- Rainton Meadows railway stationWikidata place
- West RaintonWikidata place
- Middle RaintonWikidata place
- Rainton GateWikidata place
- LeamsideWikidata place
- COAL WORKINGSAerial survey feature
- AIR RAID SHELTERAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Finchale Priory1.9 km west
- Kepier Hospital5.1 km south-west
- Concangis5.7 km north-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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Last updated 2026-10-16.