Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: England
• Level 2: Borough of Wigan

Current local time in Atherton:

05:38 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Atherton on map:^[1]

Atherton GPS coordinates^[2]

53° 31' 25.356" North, 2° 29' 36.744" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	53.93965°,	-3.19667°
Center:	53.52371°,	-2.49354°
Lower-right:	53.10364°,	-1.79042°
Map W x H:	93×93 km	= 57.8×57.8mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑29.7% North
Atherton:	53.52371°
min Lat:	⇓70.3% South 34.60088°

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min Long	Atherton	max Long
-7.64133°	-2.49354°	32.95536°
W 35%⇐		⇒65% E

Elevation

Elevation of Atherton is 60 m = 197 ft, and this is 12.9 m = 42 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	50.4%
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
Atherton	60 m = 197 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	49.6%

See also: United Kingdom elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Atherton is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1449.9 km =900.9 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Atherton
North Pole	4055.8	2520.2	to North
Arctic Circle	1449.9	900.9	to North
Tropic Cancer	3345.4	2078.7	to South
Equator	5951.3	3698	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Atherton: (largest is in red/bold)

• Abram 6.8 km =4.2 mi, 255°
• Bickershaw 5.1 km =3.2 mi, 257°
• Bolton 7.7 km =4.8 mi, 30°
• Culcheth 8.3 km =5.2 mi, 192°
• Farnworth 6.8 km =4.2 mi, 64°
• Glazebury 5.9 km =3.7 mi, 183°
• Hindley 6 km =3.7 mi, 280°
• Ince-in-Makerfield 8.2 km =5.1 mi, 277°
• Kearsley 7.4 km =4.6 mi, 81°
• Leigh 3.5 km =2.2 mi, 209°
• Little Hulton 5.2 km =3.2 mi, 78°
• Lostock 6.2 km =3.9 mi, 354°
• Tyldesley 2 km =1.2 mi, 122°
• Walkden 6.2 km =3.9 mi, 97°
• Westhoughton 3.5 km =2.2 mi, 323°