Far Coton endures as a modest cluster of dwellings amidst the quiet, working agricultural lands of the Hinckley and Bosworth district. It lies 1.4 miles west-south-west of Market Bosworth (from Market Bosworth: bearing 237°T, OS grid SK 387 019), and is situated north of Shenton village. The light here possesses a singular, thin clarity, often catching the grey stone of distant boundaries or the deep, saturated green of the surrounding pastures. Far Coton remains defined by the slow, seasonal pulse of the fields, where the horizon is kept open and unencumbered by the sprawl of modern industry. A short distance to the southeast, the slopes of Ambion Hill rise as a silent witness to the fractured history of the region, their contours offering a vantage point over the low-lying terrain. The air retains a stillness that seems to carry the echoes of that long-ago conflict, yet the land itself has returned to the patient, repetitive work of the plough. Residents of Far Coton often look toward the nearby Bosworth Battlefield Country Park, where the memory of the past is maintained in the maintenance of the wild, sweeping grasslands. This place exists as a peripheral, contemplative fragment of the East Midlands, unhurried by the clamour of the neighbouring market towns.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Far Coton, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Far Coton includes coordinates 52.613742, -1.429298, 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 Far Coton is available on the Far Coton 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.