Far Cotton, Northamptonshire Weather
About Far Cotton, Northamptonshire
Far Cotton holds the steady, industrious pulse of a nineteenth-century railway suburb, its brick terraces stretching out like fingers toward the valley floor. It lies 1.0 miles south-south-west of Northampton (from Northampton: bearing 208°T, OS grid SP 748 590). The terrain here slopes gently toward the River Nene, where the grey, metallic light of the Midlands often softens the sharp edges of Victorian masonry. Residents look out toward the verdant rise of Hunsbury Hill, a persistent green presence that reminds the streetscape of the ancient, rounded earth lying just beyond the rooftops. The ironstone legacy of the region lingers in the local architecture, grounding Far Cotton in a landscape that has long traded in both coal and industry. A short walk toward the rising ground leads to the Multivallate Hillfort at Hunsbury Hill, where the silent earthworks offer a quiet counterpoint to the hum of modern traffic. Far Cotton remains defined by this proximity to both the heavy machinery of its past and the enduring, open horizons that frame the outskirts of Northampton.
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About This Far Cotton, Northamptonshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Far Cotton, Northamptonshire, 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 Far Cotton includes coordinates 52.224916, -0.906142, in the county of Northamptonshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Far Cotton is available on the Far Cotton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Northamptonshire 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.