LiDAR map of Torbay
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Torbay, Devon, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 292 recorded places here: 161 listed buildings, 76 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 46 places recorded in Wikidata, 5 scheduled monuments, 4 registered parks and gardens. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Torbay lies between about 22 m and 118 m above sea level; its highest point is about 195 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 church or chapel, 1 monastic site, 1 long barrow or chambered tomb and 1 field system.
Torbay 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 Torbay, 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 Torbay. 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 Torbay. 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 76 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Torbay 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 (76 features in this area) and the 292 recorded places in this area, 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
- 56.7 km²
- Recorded places
- 292
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 22–118 m above sea level; highest 195 m
- ONS code
- E43000022
Places with their own page
- /places/bishop-s-palace-paignton/
- /places/broadsands-chambered-tomb/
- /places/torre-abbey/
- /places/kents-cavern/
- /places/st-michael-s-chapel-chapel-hill/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Kent's Cavern, TorquayScheduled monument
- St Michael's Chapel, Chapel HillScheduled monument
- Lupton ParkRegistered park or garden
- Torre AbbeyScheduled monument
- Chambered tomb, 630m north west of Elberry FarmScheduled monument
- Prehistoric field system at Walls HillScheduled monument
- Princess Gardens and Royal Terrace GardensRegistered park or garden
- Barton Road Cemetery, TorquayRegistered park or garden
- Watcombe Park and Brunel ManorRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Roman Church of Our Lady, Help of Christians
- The Spanish Barn, Torre Abbey
- Torre Abbey
- Oldway Mansion
- Cockington Court
- Blagdon Manor
- Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- Parish Church of St John the Evangelist
- Kirkham House
- Churston Court
- Presbytery to Church of Our Lady Help
- Parish Church of All Saints
- Church of the Assumption of Our Lady
- Torbay Hospital Chapel
- Paignton Windmill
- School Associated with the Church
- The Town Hall
- Church of St Matthew
- Brunel Manor
- Torbay Cinema
- The Old Manor Inn
- Chelston Manor Hotel
- Old Town Hall
- Gramercy Hall School, Lupton House
- Ilsham Manor Oratory
- Hesketh Crescent
- Church of St Andrew
- Parish Church of St Matthias
- Parish Church of St Mary
- Church of St George and St Mary
and 131 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- RAF Hospital TorquayWikidata place
- Churston WoodsWikidata place
- Church of St Mary, Collaton St MaryWikidata place
- St George's Church, GoodringtonWikidata place
- St Michael's Church, PaigntonWikidata place
- St Paul's Church, Preston, PaigntonWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- St Michael's Chapel, Chapel Hill750 m north-east
- Torre Abbey1.4 km south-east
- Kents Cavern3.7 km 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.