LiDAR map of Dymchurch
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Dymchurch, a parish in Kent, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 35 recorded places here: 21 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 8 listed buildings, 4 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 scheduled monuments. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 2 m and 3 m above sea level; its highest point is about 7 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 church or chapel and 1 moated site.
Dymchurch 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 Dymchurch, 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 Dymchurch. 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 Dymchurch. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. The records hold 21 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Dymchurch 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 (21 features in the parish) and the 35 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
- Kent, England
- Area
- 5.8 km²
- Recorded places
- 35
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 2–3 m above sea level; highest 7 m
- ONS code
- E04005016
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Martello tower no 24 at DymchurchScheduled monument
- Moat and associated closes at Marshall's BridgeScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of St Peter and St Paul
- Dymchurch Rectory
- New Hall New Hall Cottage the Expenditors House
- Martello Tower No 23
- The Ship Inn
- The Manor Steak House
- Dr Syn's Restaurant
- Sundial
Other recorded places
- Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch RailwayWikidata place
- Burmarsh Road railway stationWikidata place
- Dymchurch railway stationWikidata place
- DymchurchWikidata place
- LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT (DIVER) BATTERYAerial survey feature
- PILLBOXAerial survey feature
- PILLBOXAerial survey feature
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)Aerial survey feature
- ANTI TANK OBSTACLE\ROADBLOCKAerial survey feature
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)Aerial survey feature
- PILLBOXAerial survey feature
- PILLBOXAerial survey feature
- MILITARY BUILDINGAerial survey feature
- AIRCRAFT OBSTRUCTIONAerial survey feature
- OBSERVATION POSTAerial survey feature
- GUN EMPLACEMENTAerial survey feature
- ANTI TANK DITCH\ANTI TANK OBSTACLEAerial survey feature
- ANTI TANK OBSTACLEAerial survey feature
- ANTI TANK OBSTACLEAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Dymchurch Martello Tower1.3 km south
- Dymchurch Redoubt3.7 km north-east
- Castra Lemanis4.3 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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Last updated 2026-10-16.