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LiDAR map of East Cowes
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of East Cowes, a parish in Isle of Wight, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 22 recorded places here: 15 listed buildings, 5 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 registered parks and gardens. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 8 m and 52 m above sea level; its highest point is about 58 m.
East Cowes 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 East Cowes, 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 East Cowes. 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 East Cowes. 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 East Cowes 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 22 recorded places in the parish, 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
- Isle of Wight, England
- Area
- 5.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 22
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 8–52 m above sea level; highest 58 m
- ONS code
- E04001320
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Norris CastleRegistered park or garden
- OsborneRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Norris Castle
- Osborne House
- Norris Castle Farm, the bailiff’s house, cottage
- East Cowes Congregational Church
- Frank James Memorial Hospital
- East Cowes War Memorial
- Former Stables at Osborne House
- Landing House
- East Cowes Air Raid Protection
- Albert Barracks, Osborne Estate
- Fort Norris
- Wall to Frank James Memorial Hospital
- Church of St James
- Clare Lallow's Grid Iron Yard
- Museum, Osborne Estate
Other recorded places
- East Cowes CastleWikidata place
- Isle of Wight Studio SchoolWikidata place
- Cowes Power StationWikidata place
- East Cowes Town HallWikidata place
- East Cowes CastleWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Newport Roman Villa6.7 km south
- Calshot Castle7.8 km north
- Fort Grange9.1 km north-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.