Elevation of Shildon, England, United Kingdom
Shildon, England, United Kingdom is 149 m (489 ft) above sea level.
Shildon's height from sea level is 149 metres, or 489 feet. GeoNames reads 132 m at the same point (SRTM).
Ground within 4 km
Mean 137 m across the 8.1 km square centred on the town, 136 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Shildon
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 22.7 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Shildon; 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 Shildon
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland | 3.7 km | NW | 104 m (341 ft) | −45 m |
| Newton Aycliffe | 5.5 km | E | 95 m (312 ft) | −54 m |
| Spennymoor | 8.4 km | NE | 119 m (390 ft) | −30 m |
| Ferryhill | 8.9 km | NE | 150 m (492 ft) | +1 m |
| Brandon | 13 km | N | 90 m (295 ft) | −59 m |
Peaks and passes near Shildon
- Long Man, hill at 535 m (1,755 ft), 23.3 km to the W — 386 m above the town.
- Islington Hill, hill at 492 m (1,614 ft), 22.4 km to the W — 343 m above the town.
- Millstone Rigg, hill at 489 m (1,604 ft), 22.4 km to the W — 340 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Shildon is
Latitude 54.633417, longitude -1.654915. 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 Shildon'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 132 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.