LiDAR map of Penshurst
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Penshurst, a parish in Kent, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 38 recorded places here: 32 listed buildings, 3 registered parks and gardens, 3 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 30 m and 97 m above sea level; its highest point is about 127 m.
Penshurst 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 Penshurst, 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 Penshurst. 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 Penshurst. 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 Penshurst 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 38 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
- 16.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 38
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 30–97 m above sea level; highest 127 m
- ONS code
- E04012397
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Penshurst PlaceRegistered park or garden
- RedleafRegistered park or garden
- SwaylandsRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Penshurst Place
- Church of St John the Baptist
- South Central Entrance Tower to Penshurst Place
- Star House
- Poundsbridge Farmhouse
- Little Poundsbridge
- The Old Guildhouse
- Range of Farm Buildings at West End of South Park
- Chafford Park
- Brick Barn to West and Slightly
- South Park Farmhouse
- Western Cartshed
- Hartley's Post Office Stone Row
- Old Swaylands
- Cartshed
- Springhill
- The Old Mill
- Church of St Peter
- The Spotted Dog Public House
- Archway Connecting No3 and the Old Guildhouse
- The Post Office and House
- The Leicester Arms Hotel
- Kirkwood Garden Shop La Petite Hair Salon
- The Old Mill House
- The Picture House
- Salman's Farm Barn to North
- The Buxton House Stores
- Quaintways Tea Rooms
- The Old Smithy
- Bridge Over River Medway
and 2 more on the map.
Nearest places with their own page
- Tonbridge Castle7.6 km north-east
- Starborough Castle10.3 km west
- Bayham Old Abbey13.6 km south-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.