Coate, Wiltshire Weather
About Coate, Wiltshire
Coate carries the quiet weight of literary history, defined by the lingering spirit of the writer Richard Jefferies, whose early life was shaped by these precise fields and hedges. It lies 2.0 miles south-east of Swindon (from Swindon: bearing 124°T, OS grid SU 176 829), and is situated east-north-east of Wroughton village. The landscape is dominated by the expansive waters of Coate Water Country Park, a vital reservoir that reflects the changing temper of the Wiltshire sky in its still surface. Beneath the water’s edge, the Coate Water Sssi preserves a fragile ecological mosaic, where reeds and birds find sanctuary away from the encroaching suburban sprawl. A short walk away, the Richard Jefferies Museum offers a glimpse into the domestic world of the author, housed in the very farmhouse that anchored his observations of the natural world. The land around Coate retains subtle, ancient traces, including the distant, silent presence of a bowl barrow that marks the horizon with an earthen gravity. Light seems to linger here longer than elsewhere, catching the damp earth and the rhythmic rustle of wind through the tall grasses. Coate remains a place where the modern world gently grazes against the enduring contours of the rural past.
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About This Coate, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coate, Wiltshire, 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 Coate includes coordinates 51.545117, -1.746527, in the county of Wiltshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Coate is available on the Coate map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Wiltshire 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.