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LiDAR map of Trafford
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Trafford, Greater Manchester, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 193 recorded places here: 96 places recorded in Wikidata, 94 listed buildings, 2 registered parks and gardens, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Trafford lies between about 20 m and 48 m above sea level; its highest point is about 70 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 motte or ringwork.
Trafford 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 Trafford, 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 Trafford. 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 Trafford. 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 Trafford 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 193 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
- 76.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 193
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 20–48 m above sea level; highest 70 m
- ONS code
- E43000163
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Watch Hill motte and bailey castle, 450m south of Streethead FarmScheduled monument
- Sale and Brooklands CemeteryRegistered park or garden
- Stamford Park, AltrinchamRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Royd House
- Church of St John the Divine
- Church of St Margaret
- Denzell House
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Church of All Saints
- Church of St Martin
- Halecroft
- Trafford Town Hall
- Trafford Park War Memorial
- Church of St Michael
- Stretford War Memorial
- St Martin's, Ashton-upon-Mersey War Memorial
- The Great Stone at Entrance to Gorse Hill Park
- Hale Chapel
- War Memorial
- Church of St Alban
- All Saints' Presbytery
- Church of St Ann
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Air Raid Siren
- Trafford Park Hotel
- Civic Theatre
- Stamford Estates Office and National Trust Shop
- Old Market Tavern
- Clock Tower on Station Forecourt
- War Memorial at Junction with Broomfield Lane
- Former Lloyds Bank at junction with Tatton Road
- Former Lloyds Bank
- Boundary stone
and 64 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Dunham Massey POW CampWikidata place
- Timperley HallWikidata place
- Manchester DocksWikidata place
- Broughton RUFCWikidata place
- Sale Water Park tram stopWikidata place
- Manchester InterchangeWikidata place
- Hale ChapelWikidata place
- Trafford power stationWikidata place
- Rookwood Cricket Ground, SaleWikidata place
- Therme ManchesterWikidata place
- Manchester PlantWikidata place
- New TraffordWikidata place
- Trafford PalazzoWikidata place
- Imperial War Museum NorthWikidata place
- Old Trafford Cricket GroundWikidata place
- Walkden GardensWikidata place
- Hotel FootballWikidata place
- Davyhulme Wastewater Treatment WorksWikidata place
- Moss LaneWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Watch Hill Castle6.6 km south-west
- Hanging Bridge9.1 km north-east
- Tatton Old Hall10.6 km south
Neighbouring parishes
- Ashley
- Ringway
- Manchester
- Salford
- Millington and Rostherne
- Little Bollington with Agden
- Dunham Massey
- Carrington
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.