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LiDAR map of Barrow upon Soar
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Barrow upon Soar, a parish in Leicestershire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 12 recorded places here: 6 listed buildings, 6 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 41 m and 78 m above sea level; its highest point is about 90 m.
Barrow upon Soar 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 Barrow upon Soar, 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 Barrow upon Soar. 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 Barrow upon Soar. 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 Barrow upon Soar 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 12 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
- Leicestershire, England
- Area
- 10.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 12
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 41–78 m above sea level; highest 90 m
- ONS code
- E04005368
Listed buildings
- Mountsorrel Mineral Railway Bridge
- Barrow upon Soar War Memorial
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Churchyard, Memorial to John Storer Beaumont Et Al
- Humphrey Perkins School
- Bridge Over the Soar
Other recorded places
- Barrow upon Soar train crashWikidata place
- Barrow Gravel PitsWikidata place
- Soar ValleyWikidata place
- Wheatley Park SchoolWikidata place
- Barrow-upon-Soar railway stationWikidata place
- Barrow upon SoarWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Bradgate House8.8 km south-west
- Ulverscroft Priory9.7 km south-west
- Groby Castle11.6 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.