Cotes emerges from the verdant landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the soft, limestone-filtered light of the Cumbrian sky. It lies 4.1 miles south-south-west of Kendal (from Kendal: bearing 205°T, OS grid SD 486 870), and is situated north of Levens village. The land here remains under the stewardship of the Lake District National Park, where the horizon is shaped by ancient, slow-moving geological forces. Nearby, the waters of the Levens Catchwater Drain carve a purposeful path through the fields, reflecting the passing clouds in their dark, steady currents. To the east, the historic grounds of Sizergh Castle provide a stately presence, grounding Cotes in a long continuity of architectural endurance. The earth here holds a damp, rich resilience, characteristic of a terrain shaped by the seasonal pulse of the surrounding valley. Throughout the day, the shifting shadows across the nearby hills offer a subtle, rhythmic display that marks the passage of time. Cotes remains a place of understated permanence, where the modern pace of life dissolves into the quiet geometry of the fields.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cotes, Cumbria, 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. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Cotes includes coordinates 54.276522, -2.789761, in the county of Cumbria, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cotes is available on the Cotes map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cumbria 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.