Cotesbach holds the quiet gravity of a place where the horizon remains wide and the wind carries the scent of damp earth across the Leicestershire fields. It lies 1.5 miles south-south-west of Lutterworth (from Lutterworth: bearing 200°T, OS grid SP 536 820), and is situated north-north-west of Shawell village. A solitary Cotesbach Village Sign marks the northern approach, standing as a modest sentinel against the pale, shifting light of the East Midlands sky. Beyond the domestic boundaries, the land dips toward the south where the Cave’s Inn Pits SSSI preserves a fragile, water-logged sanctuary for local flora. Cotesbach maintains a steady, agricultural composure, its lanes defined by the slow turnover of seasons rather than the frantic pace of modern transit. The nearby earthworks of the Motte Castle and associated earthwork ssw of All Saints Church offer a silent, grassy reminder of a more turbulent medieval inheritance. Sunlight catches the limestone textures of the older buildings, illuminating the way the architecture clings to the gentle slope of the terrain. There is a particular clarity here, an absence of clutter that allows the mind to settle into the rhythm of the surrounding hedgerows and the open, working country.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cotesbach, Leicestershire, 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 Cotesbach includes coordinates 52.433957, -1.212649, in the county of Leicestershire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cotesbach is available on the Cotesbach map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Leicestershire 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.