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LiDAR map of Distington
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Distington, a parish in Cumbria, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 11 recorded places here: 5 listed buildings, 4 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 scheduled monuments. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 72 m and 170 m above sea level; its highest point is about 201 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 castle and 1 barrow or cairn.
Distington 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 Distington, 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 Distington. 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 Distington. 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 Distington 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 11 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
- Cumbria, England
- Area
- 12.4 km²
- Recorded places
- 11
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 72–170 m above sea level; highest 201 m
- ONS code
- E04002484
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Hayes CastleScheduled monument
- Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean MoorScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Distington War Memorial
- Church of the Holy Spirit
- Methodist Chapel, Area Wall and Central Gate
- Chancel Arch From Medieval Church to North
- Milestone
Other recorded places
- Distington railway stationWikidata place
- Oatlands railway stationWikidata place
- Common EndWikidata place
- DistingtonWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Workington Hall6.5 km north
- Haig Colliery7.0 km south-west
- Egremont Castle11.9 km south
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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.