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LiDAR map of Darwen
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Darwen, a parish in Lancashire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 36 recorded places here: 19 listed buildings, 12 places recorded in Wikidata, 3 registered parks and gardens, 1 scheduled monument, 1 commemorative plaque. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 160 m and 368 m above sea level; its highest point is about 402 m.
Darwen 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 Darwen, 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 Darwen. 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 Darwen. 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 Darwen 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 36 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
- Lancashire, England
- Area
- 19.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 36
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 160–368 m above sea level; highest 402 m
- ONS code
- E04012080
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Sunnyhurst WoodsRegistered park or garden
- Steam tramway reversing triangleScheduled monument
- Bold Venture ParkRegistered park or garden
- Whitehall ParkRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Darwen Jubilee Tower
- Church of St Peter
- Darwen War Memorial
- India Mill Chimney
- Darwen Library and Theatre
- Church of St Cuthbert
- Park Road Methodist Church War Memorial
- Pair of Former Tram Shelters
- Belgrave Chapel
- Lower Chapel
- The Old Chapel
- Church of St James
- India Mill
- Boer War Memorial
- Chadwick Lychgate at entrance to Sunnyhurst Wood
- Potter Gateway to Sunnyhurst Wood
- Carved Stone Bridge
- Stone Bridge
- Entrance to Sough Railway Tunnel
Other recorded places
- St Barnabas' Church, DarwenWikidata place
- St John the Evangelist's Church, TurncroftWikidata place
- Darwen Vale High SchoolWikidata place
- Darwen CemeteryWikidata place
- Darwen Aldridge Enterprise StudioWikidata place
- Blackburn with Darwen servicesWikidata place
- Darwen railway stationWikidata place
- Spring Vale railway stationWikidata place
- Marsh HouseWikidata place
- Blackburn with DarwenWikidata place
- DarwenWikidata place
- EarcroftWikidata place
- PlaqueCommemorative plaque
Nearest places with their own page
- Cheetham Close5.7 km south
- Round Loaf6.4 km south-west
- Pikestones7.9 km south-west
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.
- Plaques: Open Plaques, public domain.
Last updated 2026-10-16.