Cotton End, Bedfordshire Weather
About Cotton End, Bedfordshire
Cotton End occupies a quiet stretch of Bedfordshire where the horizon remains broad and receptive to the shifting moods of the sky. It lies 1.9 miles east of Wixams (from Wixams: bearing 84°T, OS grid TL 085 452), and is situated south-south-east of Shortstown village. Low-lying fields border the lanes, their heavy clay earth holding the memory of long-past seasonal rains. To the west, the trees of Shocott Spring gather in a dense, private huddle, offering a cool respite from the heat of the afternoon sun. A short walk to the south reveals the English School of Falconry, where the sharp, sudden cry of birds of prey periodically cuts through the stillness of the air. Cotton End maintains a modest, unassuming character, defined more by the steady passage of vehicles along the main road than by the clamour of commerce. The light here has a particular clarity in the autumn, catching the brickwork of older cottages and turning them into warm, glowing embers against the cooling fields. Each evening, the shadows lengthen across the verges, grounding the landscape in a profound and lingering silence.
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About This Cotton End, Bedfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cotton End, Bedfordshire, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Cotton End includes coordinates 52.094982, -0.416845, in the county of Bedfordshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cotton End is available on the Cotton End map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Bedfordshire weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.