LiDAR map of Wells
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Wells, a parish in Somerset, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 83 recorded places here: 71 listed buildings, 6 places recorded in Wikidata, 3 registered parks and gardens, 3 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 32 m and 96 m above sea level; its highest point is about 139 m.
Wells 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 Wells, 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 Wells. 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 Wells. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. The records hold 3 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Wells 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 (3 features in the parish) and the 83 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
- Somerset, England
- Area
- 5.5 km²
- Recorded places
- 83
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 32–96 m above sea level; highest 139 m
- ONS code
- E04008595
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Bishops Palace, WellsRegistered park or garden
- Mendip Hospital CemeteryRegistered park or garden
- Milton Lodge and The CombeRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- Brown's Gatehouse
- The Bishop's Barn
- Bishop Burnell's Great Hall
- The Vicars' Chapel
- The Bishop's Palace and Bishop's House
- The Bishop's Eye
- Church of St Thomas
- The Vicars' Hall
- The Well House
- Cloisters to Cathedral Church of St Andrew
- Ritchie Hall
- The Cedars
- The Bishop's Chapel and the Bishop's Palace
- Chapter House to Cathedral Church of St Andrew
- Cathedral Church of St Andrew
- Church of St Cuthbert
- Penniless Porch
- Tower House
- The Chain Gate with Approach Staircase
- The Crown Hotel
- Wells Museum
- Town Hall
- The Old Almshouse
- Kings Head Hotel
- Wells Cathedral Junior School
- The Rib
- The Music School
- St Cuthbert's Lodge
- The Market Cross
- Polydor House
and 41 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Milton LodgeWikidata place
- The Blue School, WellsWikidata place
- Wells Cathedral SchoolWikidata place
- Wells East Somerset railway stationWikidata place
- Cedars HallWikidata place
- Wells CemeteryWikidata place
- PRISONER OF WAR CAMPAerial survey feature
- LIMESTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- DEER PARKAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Brown's Gatehouse, Wells60 m north-west
- Bishop's Barn, Wells310 m south
- King's Castle1.9 km east
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.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Last updated 2026-10-16.