Elevation of Rawtenstall, England, United Kingdom
Rawtenstall, England, United Kingdom is 205 m (673 ft) above sea level.
Rawtenstall's height from sea level is 205 metres, or 673 feet. GeoNames reads 171 m at the same point (SRTM).
Ground within 4 km
Mean 276 m across the 8.1 km square centred on the town, 322 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Rawtenstall
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 22.9 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Rawtenstall; the vertical scale is the same on both.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.
Towns near Rawtenstall
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haslingden | 2.6 km | W | 223 m (732 ft) | +18 m |
| Bacup | 6 km | E | 291 m (955 ft) | +86 m |
| Ramsbottom | 6 km | S | 160 m (525 ft) | −45 m |
| Accrington | 8 km | NW | 141 m (463 ft) | −64 m |
| Oswaldwistle | 9 km | NW | 151 m (495 ft) | −54 m |
Peaks and passes near Rawtenstall
- Pendle Hill, hill at 557 m (1,827 ft), 18.8 km to the N — 352 m above the town.
- Boulsworth Hill, hill at 517 m (1,696 ft), 16.8 km to the NE — 312 m above the town.
- Moss Moor, hill at 482 m (1,581 ft), 20.9 km to the SE — 277 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Rawtenstall is
Latitude 53.699568, longitude -2.291167. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.
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About this reading
The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Rawtenstall's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 171 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep.