Great Coates holds the quiet gravity of a landscape where the flat, salt-licked horizons of the Humber estuary meet the low-lying fields of Lincolnshire. It lies 2.0 miles west-north-west of Grimsby (from Grimsby: bearing 290°T, OS grid TA 238 103), and is situated east-south-east of Healing village. St Nicholas Church remains the enduring anchor of Great Coates, its medieval stone walls bearing the marks of centuries spent watching the weather roll in from the North Sea. The land here remains stubbornly level, a wide expanse of clay and silt that drains slowly into the winding channel of the River Freshney nearby. Winter light often catches the reeds along these watercourses, turning the dormant stalks into thin, flickering needles of pale gold. To the northwest, the hidden, bubbling depths of the Blow Wells offer a strange, geological ripple in the otherwise monotonous stretch of the coastal plain. Great Coates retains a character defined by this proximity to the heavy, industrial hum of the estuary, yet the parish maintains a stillness that feels untouched by the nearby sprawl. The sky dominates the view, a vast and shifting canvas that dictates the mood of the fields and the rhythm of the long, open lanes.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Coates, Humberside, 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 Great Coates includes coordinates 53.575026, -0.130912, in the county of Humberside, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Great Coates is available on the Great Coates map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Humberside 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.