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LiDAR map of Welwyn Hatfield
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 25 recorded places here: 17 places recorded in Wikidata, 7 listed buildings, 1 lost settlement. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Welwyn Hatfield lies between about 71 m and 104 m above sea level; its highest point is about 130 m.
Welwyn Hatfield 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 Welwyn Hatfield, 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 Welwyn Hatfield. 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 Welwyn Hatfield. 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 Welwyn Hatfield 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 25 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
- 17.3 km²
- Recorded places
- 25
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 71–104 m above sea level; highest 130 m
- ONS code
- E43000083
Listed buildings
- Templewood School
- Digswell House
- The Nabisco Shredded Wheat Factory
- The Beehive Public House
- The Parish Church of St John
- Office Block
and 1 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Welwyn Garden City rail crashesWikidata place
- Weston Hills, BaldockWikidata place
- Stanborough ReedmarshWikidata place
- Digswell ParkWikidata place
- Howard CentreWikidata place
- Queen Elizabeth II HospitalWikidata place
- Sherrardspark WoodWikidata place
- Stanborough ParkWikidata place
- Welwyn Hatfield Borough CouncilWikidata place
- Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden CityWikidata place
- Welwyn Garden City railway stationWikidata place
- Attimore Hall Halt railway stationWikidata place
- Hatfield Hyde Halt railway stationWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Welwyn Roman Baths3.2 km north-west
- Lockleys Roman villa3.3 km north
- Hertford Castle7.6 km east
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.