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LiDAR map of Penistone
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Penistone, a parish in South Yorkshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 43 recorded places here: 33 listed buildings, 8 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 191 m and 295 m above sea level; its highest point is about 364 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 cross.
Penistone 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 Penistone, 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 Penistone. 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 Penistone. 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 Penistone 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 43 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
- South Yorkshire, England
- Area
- 22.6 km²
- Recorded places
- 43
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 191–295 m above sea level; highest 364 m
- ONS code
- E04000050
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- PenistoneAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Wayside cross south of Hartcliff RoadScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of St John
- Penistone War Memorial
- Greyhound Stone
- Bullhouse Hall
- Summer House
- Cat Hill Farmhouse
- Greyhound Stone
- Cross and Shaft, in Churchyard
- Jane Greaves Graveslab in Churchyard
- Milestone Built Into North Wall of Churchyard
- Penistone Railway Viaduct on Penistone and Denby
- Church of St Saviour
- Cross base, in churchyard
- Millhouse, Dissenters Chapel and former Minster's
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Milestone
- Milestone
- Robert Martin graveslab in churchyard
- Midland Bank and Bank Chambers
- Coal drops immediately
- Penistone Bridge Over River Don
- Milestone Set in Wall
- Boulder Bridge
- Milestone Built Into Wall
- Starling Bridge Over River Don
- River Bridge
- Milestone
- Milestone
- Milestone
- Milestone
and 3 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Battle of the TrentWikidata place
- Penistone railway stationWikidata place
- Hartcliff FollyWikidata place
- Penistone rail accidentsWikidata place
- HoylandswaineWikidata place
- CatshawWikidata place
- CubleyWikidata place
- Hoylandswaine War MemorialWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Wortley Top Forge6.9 km south-east
- Almondbury Castle Hill13.3 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.