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LiDAR map of Melton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Melton, Leicestershire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 45 recorded places here: 32 listed buildings, 8 places recorded in Wikidata, 3 scheduled monuments, 2 lost settlements. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Melton lies between about 73 m and 116 m above sea level; its highest point is about 138 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 motte or ringwork, 1 moated site and 1 medieval settlement.
Melton 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 Melton, 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 Melton. 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 Melton. 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 Melton 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 45 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
- Leicestershire, England
- Area
- 23.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 45
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 73–116 m above sea level; highest 138 m
- ONS code
- E43000106
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- The Mount motte at Melton MowbrayScheduled monument
- Moated grange at Spinney Farm, Melton MowbrayScheduled monument
- Medieval settlement remains immediately north east and 210m south east of White House FarmScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Parish Church of St Mary
- Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe
- Gregory and Hugh Tomb
- Anne of Cleves House
- Maison Dieu Bedehouses
- Roman Catholic Church of St John
- St Mary's Church of England Infants School
- The Former Corn Exchange
- Garden Wall to South Forming Boundary with Church
- Baptist Chapel
- Church of St Leonard
- The United Reformed Church
- Harborough Hotel
- Lloyds Bank
- The Fox Inn
- Bandstand in New Park
- The Grapes Inn and the Old Court House
- Magistrates Courthouse and House
- Bell Hotel
- Raised Terrace in Front of Egerton Lodge
- The White Lion Public House
- The George Hotel
- The Boat Inn
- The Crown Inn
- Lady Wilton's Bridge
- Canal Bridge
and 6 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Ankle HillWikidata place
- Egerton ParkWikidata place
- Melton Country ParkWikidata place
- King Edward VII School, Melton MowbrayWikidata place
- River EyeWikidata place
- Melton Mowbray railway stationWikidata place
- Melton Mowbray North railway stationWikidata place
- SysonbyWikidata place
- Eye Kettleby SK734167 Deserted Medieval Village in Melton MowbrayLost settlement
- Sysonby SK739190 Deserted Medieval Village in Melton MowbrayLost settlement
Nearest places with their own page
- Kirby Bellars Priory3.5 km west
- Burrough Hill7.2 km south
- Sauvey Castle14.3 km south
Neighbouring parishes
- Burton and Dalby
- Freeby
- Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold
- Scalford
- Kirby Bellars
- Asfordby
- Ab Kettleby
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.