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LiDAR map of Waltham Forest
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Waltham Forest, Greater London, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 153 recorded places here: 77 places recorded in Wikidata, 75 listed buildings, 1 ancient place (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Waltham Forest lies between about 8 m and 49 m above sea level; its highest point is about 92 m.
Waltham Forest 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 Waltham Forest, 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 Waltham Forest. 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 Waltham Forest. 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 Waltham Forest 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 153 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
- 38.8 km²
- Recorded places
- 153
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 8–49 m above sea level; highest 92 m
- ONS code
- E43000221
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- DurolitumAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Church of St Peter and St Paul
- Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge
- Leytonstone Library
- Walthamstow House
- Church of St Peter in the Forest
- Forest School Chapel
- The Ancient House
- Church of Our Lady of Grace and St Teresa of Avila
- Chingford United Reformed Church
- Leyton Town Hall Leyton Town Hall
- Walthamstow Town Hall
- Old Town Hall
- Chingford War Memorial
- Church of All Saints
- Church of St Barnabas and St James the Greater
- Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- ABC Cinema
- The Water House, Lloyd Park
- St Barnabas Parish Hall
- War Memorial, Waltham Forest Town Hall
- United Free Church
- Chestnuts House
- Parish Church of St Mary's
- Walnut Tree House
- Tench Monument in Grave Yard 40 Yards South
- Assembly Hall to South
- The Pump House
- Church of St Peter and St Paul Churchyard Gates
- Emmanuel Church Hall Emmanuel Parish Hall
- Gates, Gatepiers and Railings to Church of St
and 45 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- West Ham Union WorkhouseWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Stratford Langthorne Abbey7.0 km south
- Loughton Camp8.5 km north-east
- The Theatre8.8 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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.