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LiDAR map of Bolton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Bolton, Greater Manchester, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 252 recorded places here: 137 listed buildings, 108 places recorded in Wikidata, 4 registered parks and gardens, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Bolton lies between about 86 m and 222 m above sea level; its highest point is about 448 m.
Bolton 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 Bolton, 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 Bolton. 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 Bolton. 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 Bolton 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 252 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 Manchester, England
- Area
- 99.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 252
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 86–222 m above sea level; highest 448 m
- ONS code
- E43000155
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Giant's Seat, BoltonAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Queen's Park, BoltonRegistered park or garden
- Chequerbent embankment of Bolton and Leigh RailwayScheduled monument
- Farnworth ParkRegistered park or garden
- Hulton ParkRegistered park or garden
- Tonge CemeteryRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Smithills Hall
- Hall i' th' Wood
- Bolton Cenotaph
- Town Hall
- Church of All Souls
- Church of St Stephen and All Martyrs
- Ringley Old Bridge
- Lea Gate Farmhouse
- Random Cottage
- Church of St George
- Swan Lane Mills Numbers 1 and 2
- Swan Lane Mill Number 3
- Christ Church
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Church of St Andrew and St George
- Kearsley Mill
- Parish Church of St Peter
- Church of St Thomas the Apostle
- Bromley Cross railway station
- Town Hall
- Valley Mill
- Old Town Hall
- Church of St Mary
- Sharples Hall
- Former Gatehouse to Lostock Hall
- Civic Centre
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Church of St Saviour
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Church
and 107 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Pretoria Pit DisasterWikidata place
- Ladyshore CollieryWikidata place
- Derby Barracks, BoltonWikidata place
- Burnden Park disasterWikidata place
- Lostock Hall GatehouseWikidata place
- Bolton power stationsWikidata place
- Rumworth and Daubhill railway stationWikidata place
- Plodder Lane railway stationWikidata place
- Shree Kutch Satsang Swaminarayan TempleWikidata place
- St Margaret's Church, HalliwellWikidata place
- St Saviour's Church, Astley BridgeWikidata place
- Burnden ParkWikidata place
- Bolton Law CourtsWikidata place
- Bolton Steam MuseumWikidata place
- Kearsley Town HallWikidata place
- Bolton MarketWikidata place
- Leverhulme ParkWikidata place
- University of Greater ManchesterWikidata place
- Bolton Wanderers Free SchoolWikidata place
- Swan Lane MillsWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Cheetham Close5.8 km north
- Ringley Old Bridge7.4 km south-east
- Gidlow Hall moated site8.7 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
Last updated 2026-10-16.