LiDAR map of Brecon
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Brecon (Aberhonddu), a community in Powys, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 118 recorded places here: 68 listed buildings, 40 Coflein records, 7 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 scheduled monuments, 1 canal structure. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 132 m and 203 m above sea level; its highest point is about 281 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 castle.
Brecon 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Brecon, 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 Brecon. 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
See Brecon 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 and the 118 recorded places in the community, 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
- Powys, Wales
- Area
- 11.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 118
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 132–203 m above sea level; highest 281 m
- ONS code
- W04000255
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Slwch CampScheduled monument
- Castle Mound 800m NNW of Ty'n-y-CaeauScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Newton House
- Remains of the Great Hall of Brecon Castle
- Brecon Castle Hotel
- Usk Bridge
- Ely Tower of Brecon Castle
- Tithe Barn, Brecon Cathedral
- Chapel and Remains of Nave of Former Friary
- Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist
- Chapter House and Diocesan Centre
- Church of St David, Llanfaes
- Plough United Reformed Church
- No.4 Lion Street
- The Deanery and Vestries, Cathedral of St John
- Boleyn House and Flats round Rear Courtyard
- Morgannwg House
- Brecknock Museum
- Brecon Market
- Priory Walls
- Church of St Mary
- Block of Buildings at Christ College
- Havard House
- Cantre Selyf
- Church House
- Priory Bridge
- Hamilton House
- The Keep at Brecon Barracks
- Nos 12 & 12a
- Rutland House
- The Elms
- The County House
and 38 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Brecon, Alleged BattleCoflein record
- St Elenud's Chapel and Well; St Eluned's ChapelCoflein record
- Congregational Memorial CollegeCoflein record
- Brecon CaveCoflein record
- Brecon Corn MillCoflein record
- Watton Plateway, BreconCoflein record
- Conway Street Canal Bridge, BreconCoflein record
- Brecon Joint Railway Station, BreconCoflein record
- Brecon GaolCoflein record
- Gasworks Lane Canal Bridge, BreconCoflein record
- Brecon, site of BattleCoflein record
- Weir on Afon Honddu, BreconCoflein record
- Brecknock Union Workhouse; St David’s HouseCoflein record
- Theatre, BreconCoflein record
- Beili Helyg MotteWikidata place
- Slwch VillaCoflein record
- Infantry Battle SchoolWikidata place
- Dering Lines BarracksCoflein record
- Ffynnon Maen Du; Maen-Du WellCoflein record
- Afon TarellWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Slwch Tump650 m east
- Usk Bridge690 m west
- Brecon Castle730 m 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m 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.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.