Colton, Norfolk Weather
About Colton, Norfolk
Colton emerges from the Norfolk landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. It lies 5.3 miles north of Wymondham (from Wymondham: bearing 360°T, OS grid TG 106 099), and is situated south of Honingham village. The terrain here holds a subtle, heavy stillness, where the light seems to linger longer against the brickwork of older cottages than it does on the surrounding fields. A short distance to the southeast, the Colton Village Sign stands as a solitary sentinel, offering a point of orientation for those navigating the narrow, winding lanes. Beyond the immediate cluster of homes, the land rises to meet the modest elevation of Smith’s Hill, providing a vantage point over the patchwork of arable land that has sustained the local economy for generations. The atmosphere in Colton remains largely untouched by the frenetic pace of modern transit, favouring instead the hum of insects and the distant, rhythmic work of agricultural machinery. To the north, the River Tud carves a narrow, serpentine path through the earth, its presence revealed only by the deeper green of the rushes and the sudden flight of a heron. Residents move with the unforced confidence of those who understand the specific geography of their parish, finding beauty in the austere lines of the horizon.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Colton, Norfolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colton, Norfolk, 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. 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 Colton includes coordinates 52.646539, 1.112191, in the county of Norfolk, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Colton is available on the Colton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Norfolk 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.