LiDAR map of Dedham
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Dedham, a parish in Essex, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 38 recorded places here: 36 listed buildings, 2 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 5 m and 43 m above sea level; its highest point is about 49 m.
Dedham 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 Dedham, 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 Dedham. 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 Dedham. 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 Dedham 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 38 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
- Essex, England
- Area
- 10.4 km²
- Recorded places
- 38
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 5–43 m above sea level; highest 49 m
- ONS code
- E04003984
Listed buildings
- Parish Church of St Mary
- The Castle House
- Old Grammar School and Well House
- Southfields the Flemish Cottages
- Shermans
- Brook House
- Marlborough Head Inn and Loom House
- Essex Rose Cafe
- Vale Bakery
- The Sun Public House
- Dedham Hall
- Le Talbooth
- Ivy House
- Dale Brook
- Shakespeare House
- Great House, High Street, Dedham
- Rye Farmhouse
- Gould House
- Brannam Court
- Knights Manor
- Memorial Cross
- The Lamb Inn
- The Limes Guest House
- Upper Park
- Crofter's and Evans and Sons
- The Old Exchange
- Dedham Post Office
- Hewitt Memorial Hall
- Church Gate House and Chemist's Shop
- Village Pump and Railed Enclosure
and 6 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Maison Talbooth, DedhamWikidata place
- Dedham HeathWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Mistley Towers5.9 km east
- Little Wenham Hall7.4 km north
- Colchester Castle8.8 km south-west
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.