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LiDAR map of Hackney
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Hackney, Greater London, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 316 recorded places here: 207 listed buildings, 105 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 registered parks and gardens, 2 scheduled monuments. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Hackney lies between about 7 m and 29 m above sea level; its highest point is about 40 m.
Hackney 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 Hackney, 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 Hackney. 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 Hackney. 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 Hackney 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 316 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
- Greater London, England
- Area
- 19.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 316
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 7–29 m above sea level; highest 40 m
- ONS code
- E43000202
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- The Curtain PlayhouseScheduled monument
- The Theatre PlayhouseScheduled monument
- Clissold ParkRegistered park or garden
- Springfield ParkRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Church of St John
- The Hackney Empire
- St Chad's Vicarage
- Sutton House
- Hoxton Hall
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Old Church of St Mary
- Mortuary Chapel of Abney Park Cemetery
- Church of St Leonard
- Church of St Matthias
- Church of St Michael
- The Geffrye Museum
- Old Tower of Former Church of St Augustine
- Spreat Monument in Abney Park Cemetery
- Monument to John Swan in Abney Park Cemetery
- Church of St Columba
- Church of St Chad
- Church of St Luke
- Shoreditch Town Hall
- Hackney Town Hall
- Stoke Newington Civilian War Memorial
- Shacklewell Green War Memorial
- Church of St Andrew
- Church of St Barnabas
- St Columba's Vicarage, with Link to Church
- Refreshment Rooms
- Engine House of Metropolitan Water Board
- Monument to John Jay in Abney Park Cemetery
- Hunter Family Tomb, St John at Hackney Churchyard
- Church of St John of Jerusalem
and 177 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- GrimebornWikidata place
- field hockey at the 2012 Summer OlympicsWikidata place
- death of Rashan CharlesWikidata place
- SPACe CentreWikidata place
- Copper Box ArenaWikidata place
- Hackney siegeWikidata place
- Kingsland BasinWikidata place
- Clapton NurseryWikidata place
- Homerton Baptist ChurchWikidata place
- Gibson GardensWikidata place
- Shacklewell Lane MosqueWikidata place
- Aziziye MosqueWikidata place
- New Stoke Newington ShulWikidata place
- Happy Man TreeWikidata place
- Chesham ArmsWikidata place
- Gainsborough PicturesWikidata place
- Lighthouse International GroupWikidata place
- Casa FofoWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- The Theatre3.6 km south
- Curtain Theatre3.8 km south
- Merchant Taylors' Hall4.9 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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.