Coates is a small village close to the town of Whittlesey, in the English county of Cambridgeshire.

Local businesses include a Chinese takeaway (Lucky House), two pubs (The Carpenters Arms and The Vine), a violin shop (Simon Watkin Violins), a manufacturer of blinds housed in the former chapel on North Green, and a number of farms.

It is famous for its Petanque competitions as people from different countries such as the Netherlands and Austria come to compete.

The Anglican church of the Holy Trinity was designed by architect James Wild in a brick interpretation of the Norman style and built in 1840.

[2] The Methodist church on the North Green opened in the early 1840s, but closed in August 2012 when it faced £100,000 refurbishment costs.