Cotherstone maintains a quiet dignity upon the rising banks of the River Tees, where the air holds the sharp, clean scent of upland pastures. It lies 3.0 miles west-north-west of Barnard Castle (from Barnard Castle: bearing 301°T, OS grid NZ 013 195), and is situated north of Lartington village. The houses here are built of local stone that seems to catch the low, pale light of the North East, turning a soft silver as the sun retreats behind the hills. To the north-east, the ruined earthworks of Cotherstone Castle hold the memory of the medieval lords who once surveyed the confluence of the Tees and the Balder. The landscape is carved by the rhythmic flow of the nearby Lance Beck, which tumbles toward the river with a persistent, liquid murmur. Beyond the dwellings, the land opens into wide, wind-swept fields that carry the weight of centuries of sheep farming and pastoral toil. Cotherstone remains defined by this open horizon, where the sky feels vast and the horizon is marked only by the shifting silhouettes of the Pennine fringes.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cotherstone, County Durham, 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 Cotherstone includes coordinates 54.571006, -1.981004, in the county of County Durham, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cotherstone is available on the Cotherstone map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the County Durham 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.