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LiDAR map of Woodchester
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Woodchester, a parish in Gloucestershire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 30 recorded places here: 17 listed buildings, 7 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 4 scheduled monuments, 1 Wikidata place, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 60 m and 213 m above sea level; its highest point is about 233 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 Roman site, 1 enclosure or other earthwork, 1 barrow or cairn and 1 long barrow or chambered tomb.
Woodchester 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 Woodchester, 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 Woodchester. 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 Woodchester. 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 Woodchester 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 30 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
- Gloucestershire, England
- Area
- 5.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 30
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 60–213 m above sea level; highest 233 m
- ONS code
- E04004386
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Woodchester Roman villaScheduled monument
- Pen Hill dykeScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 720m south east of Longwood FarmScheduled monument
- Bown Hill long barrow 790m south east of Longwood FarmScheduled monument
- WoodchesterAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Woodchester Mansion
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady
- Woodchester House
- Woodchester War Memorial
- Old Priory
- Church of St Mary
- Rooksmoor House
- Southfield House
- Atcombe Court
- Post Office and General Store
- Baptist Chapel
- Gates and Posts to East
- The Old Schoolhouse
- North West Part of Frogmarsh Mill
- Old Fleece Inn
- Royal Oak
- Wayside Cross War Memorial
Other recorded places
- Convent of Poor ClaresWikidata place
- CROSS DYKEAerial survey feature
- SCARPAerial survey feature
- LONG BARROWAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- PILLOW MOUNDAerial survey feature
- MACULAAerial survey feature
- SCARPAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Woodchester Roman Villa1.3 km north-east
- Leonard Stanley Priory3.0 km west
- Nympsfield Long Barrow3.7 km 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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.