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LiDAR map of Preston
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Preston, Lancashire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 201 recorded places here: 119 listed buildings, 47 places recorded in Wikidata, 21 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 8 registered parks and gardens, 4 Atlas of Hillforts entries. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Preston lies between about 9 m and 54 m above sea level; its highest point is about 68 m.
Preston 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 Preston, 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 Preston. 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 Preston. 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 Preston 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 this area) and the 201 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
- Lancashire, England
- Area
- 35.7 km²
- Recorded places
- 201
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 9–54 m above sea level; highest 68 m
- ONS code
- E43000225
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Miller ParkRegistered park or garden
- Avenham ParkRegistered park or garden
- Moor ParkRegistered park or garden
- Red Scar WoodAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Guyfield BankAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Hindley HouseAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Boilton WoodAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Cromwell's Mound Civil War fieldworkScheduled monument
- Avenham WalkRegistered park or garden
- Preston CemeteryRegistered park or garden
- The WillowsRegistered park or garden
- Haslam ParkRegistered park or garden
- The former Harris OrphanageRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Church of St Walburge
- Preston War Memorial
- Church of St George the Martyr
- Arkwright House
- Church of St John the Divine
- Harris Institute
- Sessions House
- Harris Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery
- Church of St Ignatius
- Emmanuel Church
- Former Moor Park Methodist Church
- Carey Baptist Chapel
- Church of the English Martyrs
- Fishergate Baptist Church
- Town Hall
- Church of St Michael
- Fishergate Bridge
- Former Church of St Mark
- St Peter's Arts Centre, University of Central
- Central Methodist Church
- Tulketh Mill
- Miller Arcade
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Old Bull
- Racquet Court, Fulwood Barracks
- South Perimeter Wall Extending
- Statue of Sir Robert Peel
- Church of St Andrew
- Former Church of St Thomas
- North Road Pentecostal Church
and 89 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- HM Prison PrestonWikidata place
- Preston Castle, LancashireWikidata place
- Kimberley BarracksWikidata place
- Battle of PrestonWikidata place
- Preston DockWikidata place
- Madina MosqueWikidata place
- The GuildWikidata place
- Christ Church, FulwoodWikidata place
- St Mary Magdalene's Church, RibbletonWikidata place
- Lancaster University School of MathematicsWikidata place
- Farringdon ParkWikidata place
- Christ The King Catholic Maths and ComputingWikidata place
- Corpus Christi Catholic High SchoolWikidata place
- Moor Park High SchoolWikidata place
- Preston Muslim Girls High SchoolWikidata place
- Royal Preston HospitalWikidata place
- Ashton ParkWikidata place
- Fernyhalgh WoodWikidata place
- Fishergate Shopping CentreWikidata place
- Lancashire ArchivesWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Penwortham Castle3.6 km south-west
- Penwortham Bridge3.7 km south-west
- Bremetennacum10.3 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
Last updated 2026-10-16.