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LiDAR map of Whitehaven
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Whitehaven, a parish in Cumbria, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 64 recorded places here: 38 listed buildings, 14 places recorded in Wikidata, 7 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 5 scheduled monuments. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 14 m and 131 m above sea level; its highest point is about 156 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 industrial sites and 1 barrow or cairn.
Whitehaven 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 Whitehaven, 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 Whitehaven. 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 Whitehaven. 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 7 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Whitehaven 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 (7 features in the parish) and the 64 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
- 17.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 64
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 14–131 m above sea level; highest 156 m
- ONS code
- E04012422
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Haig CollieryScheduled monument
- Whitehaven Old Fort, an 18th century coastal battery overlooking Whitehaven Harbour and an associated lime kiln, 80m west of the southern end of Old QuayScheduled monument
- Duke Pit fan houseScheduled monument
- Saltom coal pitScheduled monument
- Barrowmouth gypsum and alabaster mine at Saltom BayScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of St James the Greater
- Town Hall
- Catherine Mill
- Somerset House
- Whitehaven Hall
- No 151
- West Pier Lighthouse
- Old New Quay
- Church of St Begh
- The Kirk Mission Hall, Gatepiers
- Pack Horse Public House
- Whitehaven Hospital Or Infirmary
- Whitehaven cenotaph
- Hensingham War Memorial
- The St Nicholas Centre
- Old Custom House
- Market Hall
- Golden Lion Hotel
- Central Hotel
- Masonic Hall
- Wulstan Hall
- Columba Club
- Greenbank Hotel
- Bonded Warehouse
- Premises Occupied by Ymca
- Barclays Bank
- Savings Bank
- Globe Hotel
- Dobson and Musgrave Warehouse
- North-East Gate and Railings, St Nicholas Gardens
and 8 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Woodhouse CollieryWikidata place
- North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS TrustWikidata place
- Recreation GroundWikidata place
- St Benedict's Catholic High SchoolWikidata place
- West Cumberland HospitalWikidata place
- Whitehaven railway stationWikidata place
- Corkickle railway stationWikidata place
- Preston Street railway stationWikidata place
- SandwithWikidata place
- MirehouseWikidata place
- CorkickleWikidata place
- HensinghamWikidata place
- KellsWikidata place
- The Beacon MuseumWikidata place
- MILITARY BUILDINGAerial survey feature
- AIR RAID SHELTERAerial survey feature
- TRENCHAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Haig Colliery1.3 km west
- Egremont Castle7.3 km south-east
- Workington Hall12.0 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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Last updated 2026-10-16.