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LiDAR map of Oadby and Wigston
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Oadby and Wigston, Leicestershire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 30 recorded places here: 17 places recorded in Wikidata, 12 listed buildings, 1 lost settlement. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Oadby and Wigston lies between about 76 m and 117 m above sea level; its highest point is about 132 m.
Oadby and Wigston 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 Oadby and Wigston, 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 Oadby and Wigston. 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 Oadby and Wigston. 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 Oadby and Wigston 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 30 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
- 23.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 30
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 76–117 m above sea level; highest 132 m
- ONS code
- E43000108
Listed buildings
- Church of All Saints
- South Wigston War Memorial
- Church of St Peter
- Church of St Thomas
- Workshop to Rear of Number 44
- The Knoll
- Church of St Wistan
- United Reformed Church and Boundary Railings
- War Memorial
- Bushloe House
- Glenmere Community Primary School
and 1 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Lucas MarshWikidata place
- Leicester RacecourseWikidata place
- Wigston AcademyWikidata place
- South Wigston High SchoolWikidata place
- University of Leicester Botanic GardenWikidata place
- South Leicestershire CollegeWikidata place
- South Wigston railway stationWikidata place
- Glen Parva railway stationWikidata place
- Wigston Magna railway stationWikidata place
- Wigston South railway stationWikidata place
- Kilby BridgeWikidata place
- South WigstonWikidata place
- Oadby and WigstonWikidata place
- Wigston FieldsWikidata place
- OadbyWikidata place
- Wigston Folk MuseumWikidata place
- North Memorial Homes, OadbyWikidata place
- Hungerton SP625985 Lost place in Wigston MagnaLost settlement
Nearest places with their own page
- Raw Dykes4.5 km north-west
- Greyfriars, Leicester5.8 km north-west
- Kibworth Harcourt Mill8.8 km south-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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.