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LiDAR map of Far Cotton and Delapre
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Far Cotton and Delapre, a parish in Northamptonshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 16 recorded places here: 8 places recorded in Wikidata, 7 listed buildings, 1 registered battlefield. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 57 m and 96 m above sea level; its highest point is about 107 m.
Far Cotton and Delapre 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 Far Cotton and Delapre, 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 Far Cotton and Delapre. 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 Far Cotton and Delapre. 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 Far Cotton and Delapre 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 16 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
- Northamptonshire, England
- Area
- 4.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 16
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 57–96 m above sea level; highest 107 m
- ONS code
- E04013031
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Battle of Northampton 1460Registered battlefield
Listed buildings
- Delapre Abbey
- The Eleanor Cross
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Mortuary Chapel
- Woman with a Fish Statue
- Former Midland Railway Locomotive Shed
- Former Railway Depot Granary
Other recorded places
- Northampton CarnivalWikidata place
- Hunsbury Hill TunnelWikidata place
- Barnes MeadowWikidata place
- Northampton Power StationWikidata place
- Northampton Bridge Street railway stationWikidata place
- Cotton EndWikidata place
- Far CottonWikidata place
- Far Cotton and DelapreWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Northampton Castle1.7 km north-west
- Hunsbury Hill1.9 km west
- Bury Mount11.9 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.