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LiDAR map of Whitworth
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Whitworth, a parish in Lancashire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 15 recorded places here: 9 places recorded in Wikidata, 5 listed buildings, 1 registered park or garden. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 239 m and 393 m above sea level; its highest point is about 450 m.
Whitworth 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 Whitworth, 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 Whitworth. 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 Whitworth. 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 Whitworth 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 15 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
- 18.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 15
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 239–393 m above sea level; highest 450 m
- ONS code
- E04005291
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Whitworth CemeteryRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Healey Dell Viaduct
- Church of St John Evangelist
- Methodist Church
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Stocks in Churchyard of Church of St Bartholomew
Other recorded places
- Cowm ReservoirWikidata place
- Facit railway stationWikidata place
- Shawforth railway stationWikidata place
- Whitworth railway stationWikidata place
- WhitworthWikidata place
- BritanniaWikidata place
- ShawforthWikidata place
- Church of St Anselm, WhitworthWikidata place
- Whitworth Heritage MuseumWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Castlesteads10.3 km south-west
- Bury Castle11.2 km south-west
- Radcliffe Tower14.3 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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.