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LiDAR map of Sandwell
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Sandwell, West Midlands, at one metre per pixel: the part of the area that lies outside any civil parish. The heritage records hold 323 recorded places here: 149 listed buildings, 139 places recorded in Wikidata, 24 canal structures, 5 scheduled monuments, 4 registered parks and gardens. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in Sandwell lies between about 117 m and 191 m above sea level; its highest point is about 271 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 industrial site and 1 monastic site.
Sandwell 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 Sandwell, 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 Sandwell. 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 Sandwell. 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 Sandwell 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 323 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
- 85.6 km²
- Recorded places
- 323
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 117–191 m above sea level; highest 271 m
- ONS code
- E43000182
Places with their own page
- /places/chances-glassworks/
- /places/engine-arm-aqueduct/
- /places/sandwell-priory/
- /places/summit-bridge/
- /places/cobb-s-engine-house/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- WednesburyAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Chances Glassworks, SmethwickScheduled monument
- Engine Arm Aqueduct, WarleyScheduled monument
- Cobb's Engine House, WarleyScheduled monument
- Sandwell Priory, a Benedictine monasteryScheduled monument
- Dartmouth ParkRegistered park or garden
- Brunswick ParkRegistered park or garden
- Warley ParkRegistered park or garden
- Victoria Park, TiptonRegistered park or garden
- Smethwick Engine HouseScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- West Bromwich Manor House
- Oak House, West Bromwich
- Summit Bridge
- Smethwick Old Church
- Galton Bridge
- Cradley Heath Baptist Church
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Hubert
- Bearwood War Memorial
- Soho Foundry Former Boulton and Watt Foundry
- Langley War Memorial
- The Big House
- Haden Hill Hall, Haden Hill Park
- Langley Hall
- The Waterloo Hotel
- Corngreaves Hall
- Office Row
- Church of Holy Trinity
- Church of St Paul
- Church of St Martin and St Paul
- Memorial to James Chance in West Smethwick Park
- War Memorial, Victoria Park
- Richards Art Gallery and Museum
- Two Warehouses, Immediately
- Bandstand, Lightwoods Park
- Smethwick New Pumping House
- Farley Clock Tower
- Langley Maltings
- War Memorial
- Waggon and Horses Public House
- Oldbury Public Library
and 119 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Tipton CatastropheWikidata place
- Battle of Tipton GreenWikidata place
- Smethwick fire 2013Wikidata place
- Netherton Tunnel Branch CanalWikidata place
- Black Lake TunnelWikidata place
- Tividale Tirupathy Balaji TempleWikidata place
- Portway HillWikidata place
- Tividale QuaysWikidata place
- Black Lake tram stopWikidata place
- Gower Branch CanalWikidata place
- Princes End and Coseley railway stationWikidata place
- Annunciation ChurchWikidata place
- Brades VillageWikidata place
- Guru Nanak Gurdwara SmethwickWikidata place
- Haden Hill ParkWikidata place
- Bust of Phil LynottWikidata place
- Gospel Oak SchoolWikidata place
- Shireland CBSO AcademyWikidata place
- Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School CollegeWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Chances Glassworks1.3 km south-east
- Summit Bridge2.4 km south-east
- Sandwell Priory3.0 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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
- Plaques: Open Plaques, public domain.
Last updated 2026-10-16.