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LiDAR map of North Hertfordshire
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 134 recorded places here: 89 listed buildings, 36 places recorded in Wikidata, 4 scheduled monuments, 2 Atlas of Hillforts entries, 2 registered parks and gardens. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in North Hertfordshire lies between about 59 m and 97 m above sea level; its highest point is about 133 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 barrows or cairns, 1 settlement and 1 Roman site.
North Hertfordshire 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 North Hertfordshire, 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 North Hertfordshire. 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 North Hertfordshire. 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 North Hertfordshire 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 134 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
- Hertfordshire, England
- Area
- 38.7 km²
- Recorded places
- 134
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 59–97 m above sea level; highest 133 m
- ONS code
- E43000232
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Wilbury HillAtlas of Hillforts entry
- BaldockAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Two bowl barrows 500m south of Fearnhill SchoolScheduled monument
- Barrow, south of RadwellScheduled monument
- Howard Park and Gardens, LetchworthRegistered park or garden
- Broadway, LetchworthRegistered park or garden
- Settlement site S of Blackhorse FarmScheduled monument
- Romano-British small town and Late Iron Age settlement at BaldockScheduled monument
- BaldockAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- Church of Saint Mary
- The Priory
- The Cloisters
- Church of All Saints
- Town Hall
- Church of Saint Mary
- Church of St Nicholas
- Town Hall
- Letchworth Garden City War Memorial
- Letchworth Hall Hotel
- The Spirella Building, associated fountain, lamp
- Parish Church of St Mary
- The Cottage
- Church of the Holy Saviour
- Puncharden Hall
- Western House
- The Sun Hotel
- North Eastern Block of Buildings at the British
- Butterfield House
- Halford House
- Manor House
- Manor House
- Biggin Almshouses
- St Brighids
- The Old Vicarage
- Manor House Galleries
- The Museum
- Arunside
- Tanglewood
- Church of St George with garden walls, steps
and 59 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Hitchin CemeteryWikidata place
- Church of St Paul, LetchworthWikidata place
- Ivel SpringsWikidata place
- Purwell NinespringsWikidata place
- Oughtonhead LaneWikidata place
- Baldock CemeteryWikidata place
- Oughtonhead Nature ReserveWikidata place
- Purwell MeadowsWikidata place
- River OughtonWikidata place
- Letchworth CemeteryWikidata place
- Benslow Music TrustWikidata place
- Butts CloseWikidata place
- Queen Mother TheatreWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Wilbury Hill Camp1.6 km north-west
- Minsden Chapel7.4 km south
- Arbury Banks8.3 km north-east
Neighbouring parishes
- Preston
- Graveley
- Weston
- St Ippolyts
- Offley
- Wymondley
- Pirton
- Ickleford
- Clothall
- Bygrave
- Radwell
- Fairfield
- Arlesey
- Stotfold
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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.