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This is something I had noticed from searches. I am not inclined to move the pipes or change the valves to if I cannot get one with side entry for a straight swap, I won't bother. It's not an urgent thing. mrs_com wanted a rail above to hang towels instead of on the back of the door. I suggested a towel rad replacement. If it is not easy, I won't do it and will revert to plan A of some sort of wooden ladder/rail/rack to fit to the wall above.
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... more thoughts about that ^^^^ overnight. You can drain most of the rad before disconnecting, put a hose and bucket on a drain point below the rad open the bleed valve and drain some water.
The realy big problem is that most towel rads connect vertically from below while standard rads connect horizontally. It may be possible to build connections from the valves to rad but draining or blocking the system to reposition the valves will be neater and might be easier. (I just remembered why I haven't replaced a small flat rad in my bathroom).