Belhus Park, Thurrock: Report on Aerial Photography and Lidar Analysis
Author(s): Amanda Dickson
Analysis and mapping of aerial photographs and lidar were undertaken at Belhus Park, Thurrock to assist with further research by local volunteers and inform the local council’s conservation management plan. Belhus Park is a Registered Park and Garden in Thurrock, Essex (NHLE 1000738), and was redesigned in the 18th century by Lancelot Brown with additional later elements by Richard Woods, which incorporated the 17th-and early 18th-century features. The park was also used extensively throughout the 20th century as temporary military camps during the First and Second World Wars and later for leisure and recreation, chiefly as a golf course. Along with urban encroachment and the construction of the M5 the landscape character of the park has changed dramatically. Despite these changes, some elements of the 17th- and 18th-century gardens survive. This report summarises the results of the analysis of aerial photographs and airborne laser scanning data (lidar) images.
- Report Number:
- 19/2022
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 35
- Keywords:
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces Aerial Photograph Interpretation Aerial Photography Lidar Survey Military Training Site Second World War
