Contours, spot levels and slope for a plot anywhere in Scottish Borders that the national LiDAR covers. Draw your boundary and see the ground in minutes.
Published Scottish LiDAR covers about 99.3% of Scottish Borders's 4,739 km². The best survey available here is LiDAR for Scotland Phase 5, flown 2021 on a 0.5 m grid. It covers 7% of the area.
The rest is covered by LiDAR for Scotland Phase 4 (2020, 52.5%); LiDAR for Scotland Phase 3 (2015–2019, 39.8%). A report always uses the best survey for your boundary and says which one.
Of the 12 towns we have pages for here, Coldstream sits lowest (median ground about 26.3 m above Ordnance Datum) and Peebles highest (about 181.6 m).
Galashiels has the most ground steeper than 1 in 10 (68.4% of its area), Coldstream the least (14.3%). Plots a street apart can still differ a lot.
Check a plot in Scottish Borders
| Council area | 4,739 km² |
|---|---|
| Inside published LiDAR tiles | 99.3% |
| Best survey | LiDAR for Scotland Phase 5, flown 2021, 0.5 m grid (7.0% of the area); typical ±0.13 m on open ground |
| Also used | LiDAR for Scotland Phase 4, flown 2020, 0.5 m grid (52.5% of the area); typical ±0.12 m on open ground |
| Also used | LiDAR for Scotland Phase 3, flown 2015–2019, 0.5 m grid (39.8% of the area); typical ±0.14 m on open ground |
Shares are of the council's land area inside published DTM tiles on the Scottish Remote Sensing Portal, taking the best survey where they overlap (the same order reports use). Accuracy figures are from our own tests; see results by survey phase.
Each page shows the LiDAR coverage, ground levels, slope and mapped constraints for the town.
See a real example: Clifftop plot, Berwickshire coast (PDF).
| Full Site Report | £49 |
|---|---|
| Contours & CAD pack | £29 |
| Both | £59 |
Per plot up to 5 ha. The preview is free and needs no card. No VAT charged.
Yes. Published Scottish Government LiDAR covers about 99.3% of Scottish Borders. Surveys used: LiDAR for Scotland Phase 5, flown 2021; LiDAR for Scotland Phase 4, flown 2020; LiDAR for Scotland Phase 3, flown 2015–2019.
On open ground in our tests, typical height error is ±0.13 m for LiDAR for Scotland Phase 5; ±0.12 m for LiDAR for Scotland Phase 4; ±0.14 m for LiDAR for Scotland Phase 3. Each report gives the figure for your site.
£49 for the Full Site Report, £29 for the Contours & CAD pack, or £59 for both, per plot up to 5 ha. The preview is free.
0.5 m contours and spot levels across your boundary, slope and the fall from side to side, cut and fill for a level platform, mapped constraints with sources, and DXF files for CAD.
It depends on what your designer or the planning authority asks for. The report gives ground levels and contours for the whole plot. If walls, drains, trees or boundary features need measuring on site, that's a job for a land surveyor.
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Council boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Local Authority Districts (May 2024), Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024. LiDAR: contains Scottish Government LiDAR data, Open Government Licence v3. See data licences.