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LiDAR map of Porth
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Porth (Y Porth), a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 37 recorded places here: 25 Coflein records, 8 listed buildings, 4 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 99 m and 276 m above sea level; its highest point is about 341 m.
Porth 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 Porth, 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 Porth. 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 Porth 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 37 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
- Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
- Area
- 3.7 km²
- Recorded places
- 37
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 99–276 m above sea level; highest 341 m
- ONS code
- W04000700
Listed buildings
- Evan Howells Butchers Shop
- Calfaria Welsh Calvinistic Chapel and bordering
- Gateway to Welsh Hills Works
- War Memorial
- Church of St Paul
- Public Library
- Former Central Cinema
- Statue to William Evans in Bronwydd Park
Other recorded places
- Church, YnyshirCoflein record
- Porth Railway StationCoflein record
- Mynydd y Cymmer, Air ShaftCoflein record
- Tabernacle English Baptist Chapel, Hannah StreetCoflein record
- Cymmer Greyhound StadiumCoflein record
- Mynydd y Cymmer, CairnCoflein record
- Porth Cottage HospitalCoflein record
- Bethania Welsh Independent Chapel, Dinas RoadCoflein record
- Seion Welsh Baptist Chapel, Birchgrove StreetCoflein record
- Ebenezer Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, DinasCoflein record
- Free Mission HallCoflein record
- Bethlehem English Baptist Chapel, VictoriaCoflein record
- United Free Methodist Mission Chapel, CharlesCoflein record
- Capel-y-Porth Welsh Independent Chapel, PorthCoflein record
- St Luke's Church, Llwyncelyn, PorthCoflein record
- River RhonddaWikidata place
- Taff Fechan Water Board Tanks, PorthCoflein record
- Church in Wales Mission Room, Dinas Road, PorthCoflein record
- CymmerWikidata place
- GlynfachWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Pontypridd Bridge4.7 km east
- Lle'r Gaer5.3 km south-east
- Llantrisant Castle8.7 km south
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.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.