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LiDAR map of Coventry
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Coventry, West Midlands, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 228 recorded places here: 111 places recorded in Wikidata, 106 listed buildings, 7 scheduled monuments, 3 registered parks and gardens, 1 commemorative plaque. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Coventry lies between about 75 m and 117 m above sea level; its highest point is about 141 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 moated sites, 1 motte or ringwork, 1 castle and 1 bridge.
Coventry 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 Coventry, 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 Coventry. 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 Coventry. 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 Coventry 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 228 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
- West Midlands, England
- Area
- 82.4 km²
- Recorded places
- 228
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 75–117 m above sea level; highest 141 m
- ONS code
- E43000246
Places with their own page
- /places/allesley-castle/
- /places/cook-street-gate/
- /places/vignoles-bridge/
- /places/coventry-city-walls/
- /places/caludon-castle/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- London Road Cemetery, CoventryRegistered park or garden
- Stoney Road AllotmentsRegistered park or garden
- Cook Street GateScheduled monument
- Ernesford Grange moated site, BinleyScheduled monument
- Motte castle 150m SSW of Allesley HallScheduled monument
- Moated site 190m south of Caludon CastleScheduled monument
- Moated site at Bishop Ullathorne SchoolScheduled monument
- Coventry city wallsScheduled monument
- Cast iron single-span bridge 110m WNW of Sherbourne HouseScheduled monument
- War Memorial Park, CoventryRegistered park or garden
Listed buildings
- The Old Grammar School
- The Charterhouse
- Remains of Caludon Castle
- Holy Trinity Church
- Former Blue Coat School
- Whitefriars Museum
- Ford's Hospital
- Medieval Stone Building
- Draper's Hall
- St Mary's Hall
- Swanswell Gate and City Wall
- Bonds Hospital
- County Hall
- War Memorial in Coventry War Memorial Park
- Bird Grove House
- Medieval Basement Below Site of 38 and 39 Bayley
- Houses for Visiting Mathematicians Warwick
- Golden Cross Inn
- Church of St Mary Magdalen
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Church of St John the Baptist
- The Register Office, formerly the Cheylesmore
- Church of All Saints
- Cathedral of St Michael
- Bablake School
- Remains of the west front, nave and aisles
- Ruined Cathedral Church of St Michael
- Old Windmill Inn
- Church of St Michael
- Number 22
and 76 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Air Algérie Flight 702PWikidata place
- Godiva FestivalWikidata place
- HMS MerciaWikidata place
- Coventry Arena railway stationWikidata place
- St Luke's Church, HolbrooksWikidata place
- St Barbara's ChurchWikidata place
- St Thomas' Church, CoventryWikidata place
- Coventry ZooWikidata place
- Coventry power stationsWikidata place
- Primrose Hill ParkWikidata place
- The Coventry Music MuseumWikidata place
- Coventry R.F.C.Wikidata place
- King Henry VIII Preparatory SchoolWikidata place
- Tile Hill WoodWikidata place
- Warwick Arts CentreWikidata place
- National Automotive Innovation CentreWikidata place
- Coventry Reform Jewish CommunityWikidata place
- CU CoventryWikidata place
- Albany TheatreWikidata place
- Browns Lane plantWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Vignoles Bridge520 m south
- Cook Street Gate840 m east
- Coventry city walls860 m east
Neighbouring parishes
- Ryton-on-Dunsmore
- Burton Green
- Berkswell
- Allesley
- Brandon and Bretford
- Binley Woods
- Combe Fields
- Ansty
- Shilton and Barnacle
- Stoneleigh
- Baginton
- Finham
- Keresley
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
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.
- Plaques: Open Plaques, public domain.
Last updated 2026-10-16.