Coton remains a quiet observer of the shifting Cambridgeshire sky, where the horizon stretches wide across low-lying fields. It lies 2.7 miles west of Cambridge (from Cambridge: bearing 277°T, OS grid TL 406 588), and is situated south-south-east of Madingley village. The earth here holds a heavy, dark moisture that seems to absorb the morning light, grounding the modest architecture of the local dwellings. To the north, the orderly rows of the American Military Cemetery offer a solemn contrast to the unkempt, wild vitality of the nearby Madingley Wood Sssi. Generations have tilled this soil, leaving a legacy of agricultural endurance that still shapes the daily rhythms of those who walk its lanes. Coton maintains a deliberate pace, far removed from the academic intensity that hums in the city just beyond the trees. At the edge of the parish, the Coton Countryside Reserve invites long, contemplative gazes toward the spires of Cambridge, which appear like jagged teeth against the dusk. These paths act as a bridge between the managed order of the fields and the untamed remnants of the ancient landscape.
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Live animated radar for Coton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coton, Cambridgeshire, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Coton includes coordinates 52.209622, 0.057524, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Coton is available on the Coton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cambridgeshire 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.