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LiDAR map of Knowsley (unparished area)
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Knowsley (unparished area), Merseyside, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 45 recorded places here: 26 places recorded in Wikidata, 19 listed buildings. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Knowsley (unparished area) lies between about 14 m and 46 m above sea level; its highest point is about 70 m.
Knowsley (unparished area) 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 Knowsley (unparished area), 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 Knowsley (unparished area). 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 Knowsley (unparished area). 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 Knowsley (unparished area) 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
- Merseyside, England
- Area
- 43.4 km²
- Recorded places
- 45
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 14–46 m above sea level; highest 70 m
- ONS code
- E43000243
Listed buildings
- Church of St Michael
- Church of St Chad
- Hurst Hall, Huyton and Prescot Golf Club
- Kirkby War Memorial
- Entrance Gateway to Church of St Michael at South
- The Railway Public House and Langtree Cottage
- Roby Cross
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Entrance Gateway to Church of St Michael at North
- Village Cross
- United Reformed Church
- Carters Arms Public House
- Waverley House
- Roby Toll House
- Railway Bridge
- Railway Bridge
- Railway Bridge
- Monument
- Milestone
Other recorded places
- St. Aloysius Catholic ChurchWikidata place
- Kirkby BrookWikidata place
- Simonswood BrookWikidata place
- Huyton Municipal BuildingWikidata place
- Kirkby Ski SlopeWikidata place
- C.F. Mott College of EducationWikidata place
- The Academy, KirkbyWikidata place
- Bowring Park, KnowsleyWikidata place
- Court Hey ParkWikidata place
- Huyton Hill Preparatory SchoolWikidata place
- Knowsley Community CollegeWikidata place
- Mersey ForestWikidata place
- ROF KirkbyWikidata place
- Headbolt Lane railway stationWikidata place
- Huyton Quarry railway stationWikidata place
- Huyton railway stationWikidata place
- Bowring ParkWikidata place
- Court Hey HallWikidata place
- Huyton with Roby Urban DistrictWikidata place
- Kirkby Urban DistrictWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- The Calder Stones5.3 km south-west
- West Derby Castle5.6 km north-west
- Robin Hood's Stone6.4 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.