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LiDAR map of Rushcliffe
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 28 recorded places here: 15 listed buildings, 12 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Rushcliffe lies between about 23 m and 57 m above sea level; its highest point is about 89 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 bridge.
Rushcliffe 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 Rushcliffe, 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 Rushcliffe. 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 Rushcliffe. 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 Rushcliffe 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 28 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
- Nottinghamshire, England
- Area
- 12.8 km²
- Recorded places
- 28
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 23–57 m above sea level; highest 89 m
- ONS code
- E43000127
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Old Trent BridgeScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of the Holy Rood
- Friary United Reformed Church
- Trent Bridge
- Meadows Suspension Bridge
- Test Match Hotel
- Church of St Giles
- Musters Road Methodist Church
- War Memorial
- Memorial Lychgate at Church of the Holy Rood
- Pair of Headstones
- Birkin Mausoleum in Wilford Hill Cemetery
- Lady Bay Junior School
- Edwalton Hall Hotel
- The Old Post Office
- Headstone
Other recorded places
- Trent BridgeWikidata place
- City GroundWikidata place
- County Hall, NottinghamshireWikidata place
- Wilford HillWikidata place
- Waterside BridgeWikidata place
- Edwalton railway stationWikidata place
- Nottinghamshire County CouncilWikidata place
- West BridgfordWikidata place
- Compton AcresWikidata place
- Lady BayWikidata place
- EdwaltonWikidata place
- Southern CemeteryWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Drury Hill Caves3.3 km north
- Nottingham Castle3.4 km north-west
- Lenton Priory4.1 km north-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.