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LiDAR map of Penrith
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Penrith, a parish in Cumbria, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 61 recorded places here: 53 listed buildings, 4 scheduled monuments, 3 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 recorded place. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 135 m and 235 m above sea level; its highest point is about 285 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 henges and standing stones and 2 Roman sites.
Penrith 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 Penrith, 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 Penrith. 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 Penrith. 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 Penrith 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 61 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
- 30.6 km²
- Recorded places
- 61
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 135–235 m above sea level; highest 285 m
- ONS code
- E04012411
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Standing stone 180m NNE of SkirsgillScheduled monument
- Holme Head standing stone 260m north west of Kitchenhill BridgeScheduled monument
- Roman road and enclosures SE of FrenchfieldScheduled monument
- Roman fortlet at Salkeld GateScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Penrith Castle
- Eamont Bridge
- Parish Church of St Andrew
- Eamont Bridge
- Beacon Tower
- Hutton Hall
- Penrith Boer War Memorial
- Brougham Castle Bridge
- Dockray Hall
- Penrith Town Hall
- Carleton Hall
- Corney House
- Plague Stone in Grounds of Greengarth Old
- Malthouse in Grounds of Shepherd's Hill
- Tourist Information Centre
- Former Masonic Hall
- Former Two Lions Public House and Integral Stables
- North Friarage the Friarage
- Abbots Bank
- Mansion House
- Shepherd's Hill
- Carleton Hall Farmhouse
- Cockell House
- Magistrate's Clerks Office
- Cross Keys Public House
- Glen Cottage Hotel
- Toll Bar Cottage
- Methodist Church
- Former United Reformed Church
- Methodist Church
and 23 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- 'the Giant's Grave', PenrithRecorded place
- Fair HillWikidata place
- PenrithWikidata place
- Penrith Steam MuseumWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Eamont Bridge3.9 km south
- Mayburgh Henge4.2 km south
- King Arthur's Round Table4.3 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.