LiDAR map of Brixham
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Brixham, a parish in Devon, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 97 recorded places here: 52 listed buildings, 33 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 8 places recorded in Wikidata, 4 scheduled monuments. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 21 m and 97 m above sea level; its highest point is about 150 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 military sites and 1 industrial site.
Brixham 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 Brixham, 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 Brixham. 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 Brixham. 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 33 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Brixham 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 (33 features in the parish) and the 97 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
- Devon, England
- Area
- 6.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 97
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 21–97 m above sea level; highest 150 m
- ONS code
- E04001084
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Windmill Hill Cave, BrixhamScheduled monument
- Ashhole CavernScheduled monument
- Berry Head Fort and battery and Hardy's Head BatteryScheduled monument
- World War II Emergency Coastal Battery and remains of a Victorian practice battery, at Battery GardensScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Brixham War Memorial
- Ramparts, Counterscarp Revetment, Glacis
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Ramparts, Revetments, North Battery Platform
- Windmill Cottage
- Brixham Town Hall Market Hall
- Napoleonic Fort Guardhouse
- Former Artillery Store
- Lime Kiln
- Walls and Quays on All Four Sides of Harbour
- Fishmongers Shop
- Aylmer
- Hardy's Head Battery
- Sentry Box in Northern Fort
- Church of All Saints
- Hm Coastguard Lookout in Northern Fort
- Norton House
- Prince of Orange Statue
- Shipwreck Monument
- Parkham Wood House
- United Reformed Church
- Cemetery Chapel
- Gatehouse and Gates
- The Old Custom House
- Rea Barn House
- Temperance Place Steps
- Crown and Anchor Public House
- The Quayside Hotel
- Harbour View Hotel
- Grosvenor House
and 22 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Sharkham Point Iron MineWikidata place
- Brixham BreakwaterWikidata place
- Brixham Rugby ClubWikidata place
- Sharkham PointWikidata place
- Brixham railway stationWikidata place
- Burton VillaWikidata place
- Brixham Battery MemorialWikidata place
- Brixham Battery MuseumWikidata place
- MOUNDAerial survey feature
- AMMUNITION DEPOTAerial survey feature
- COAST ARTILLERY SEARCHLIGHTAerial survey feature
- GENERATOR HOUSEAerial survey feature
- GENERATOR HOUSEAerial survey feature
- RESERVOIRAerial survey feature
- MILITARY INSTALLATIONAerial survey feature
- MILITARY INSTALLATIONAerial survey feature
- ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN POSTAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Windmill Hill Cavern330 m north
- Brixham Battery1.3 km north
- Ash Hole Cavern1.6 km north-east
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.