Coates reveals itself through a landscape of limestone and high, open skies where the earth feels ancient and unhurried. It lies 3.0 miles west-south-west of Cirencester (from Cirencester: bearing 255°T, OS grid SO 976 008), and is situated north-east of Tarlton village. The golden light of the Cotswolds catches the honey-coloured stone of the parish church, where the tower rises with a quiet, stubborn dignity above the surrounding pastures. To the north-west, the shallow depression of Three Mile Bottom draws the eye across a rolling topography that has supported agricultural life for centuries. Hidden just to the west, the Romano-British site of Hailey Wood Camp remains a silent earthwork, guarding memories of a civilization that once walked these same chalky paths. The air here holds a distinct, crisp clarity, often stirring the quietude of the fields before settling over the reservoir at Ashwell Pool. Coates maintains a character defined by its proximity to the Thames and Severn Canal, a waterway that once pulsed with the heavy iron and stone of industrial ambition. Today, the stillness of the countryside reclaims the horizon, leaving Coates to exist in a slow, rhythmic harmony with the changing seasons.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coates, Gloucestershire, 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 Coates includes coordinates 51.706086, -2.036088, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Coates is available on the Coates map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Gloucestershire 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.