Coates rests as a quiet threshold of land where the flat horizon of the Bassetlaw district meets the sky in an endless, pale embrace. It lies 5.3 miles south of Gainsborough (from Gainsborough: bearing 178°T, OS grid SK 820 815), and is situated north of Cottam village. The earth here holds the heavy, damp silence of the Trent Valley, where the light often catches the silvered reeds of the riverbanks with a sharp, metallic clarity. Barely a mile away, the site of the Segelocum Roman Town waits beneath the soil, its ancient pulse still felt in the rhythmic turn of the plough across the fields. Coates watches over these low-lying pastures where the air tastes of rain and fertile loam, far removed from the clamour of busier roads. To the south, the Seymour Drain carves a dark, purposeful line through the landscape, draining the fields to keep the ground firm against the encroaching river mists. The architecture of Coates remains sparse and utilitarian, reflecting the long history of a life tethered to the patient cycles of harvest and seasonal flood. Every winter, the sun hangs low and amber over the meadows, illuminating the stark lines of the hedges and the deep, abiding stillness of the surrounding plains.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coates, Nottinghamshire, 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 other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Coates includes coordinates 53.324157, -0.769042, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Coates is available on the Coates map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Nottinghamshire 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.