LiDAR map of Harlow
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Harlow, Essex, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 85 recorded places here: 53 listed buildings, 19 places recorded in Wikidata, 9 scheduled monuments, 2 registered parks and gardens, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Harlow lies between about 43 m and 84 m above sea level; its highest point is about 114 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 4 barrows or cairns, 2 moated sites and 2 Roman sites.
Harlow 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 Harlow, 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 Harlow. 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 Harlow. 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 Harlow 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 85 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
- Essex, England
- Area
- 30.6 km²
- Recorded places
- 85
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 43–84 m above sea level; highest 114 m
- ONS code
- E43000064
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Passmores House moated site, immediately south of Todd BrookScheduled monument
- Little Parndon moated siteScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 140m north of Harlow HospitalScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 230m north of Harlow HospitalScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow, 240m N of The KennelsScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 110m north-east of Harlow HospitalScheduled monument
- Harlow Roman templeScheduled monument
- Roman villa 500m north east of HarlowburyScheduled monument
- Harlow Town ParkRegistered park or garden
- Site of Parndon HallScheduled monument
- The House, Marsh LaneRegistered park or garden
- HarlowAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Harlowbury
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Church of St Andrew
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Chapel South
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Fatima
- The Queen's Head Public House
- Mulberry Green House and Stables
- The Gables
- Old House
- Hill House
- Kingsmoor House
- Church of St Paul
- Coppins
- Lychgate to Churchyard of St Mary and St Hugh
- Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Contrapuntal Forms Sculpture
- Meat Porters Sculpture
- Harlow Toc H
- Fawbert and Barnards School
- Water Gardens
- Portrait figure of Elisabeth Frink
- Harlow Town Station
- Baptist Chapel
- Harlow Baptist Church
- Parish Church of St Mary and St Hugh
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Sheep Shearer Sculpture Outside Tenants Common
- The Red Lion Public House
- Clock Tower
and 23 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Harlow StadiumWikidata place
- Great ParndonWikidata place
- Gibberd GardenWikidata place
- Pincey BrookWikidata place
- Harlow MarshWikidata place
- Hawkenbury MeadowWikidata place
- Brays GroveWikidata place
- Princess Alexandra HospitalWikidata place
- Harlow CollegeWikidata place
- Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustWikidata place
- Stort NavigationWikidata place
- The Square, HarlowWikidata place
- Harlow Mill railway stationWikidata place
- Little ParndonWikidata place
- Old HarlowWikidata place
- Church LangleyWikidata place
- NetteswellWikidata place
- NewhallWikidata place
- HarlowWikidata place
- HarlowRoman inscription
Nearest places with their own page
- Latton Priory3.4 km south-east
- Nether Hall5.6 km west
- Ambresbury Banks9.4 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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
- Roman inscriptions: LatinNow Project, University of Nottingham, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.