Seaton, Cornwall
Seaton
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| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | TORPOINT | |
| Postcode district | PL11 | |
| Dialling code | 01503 | |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall | |
| Fire | Cornwall | |
| Ambulance | South Western | |
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Seaton (Cornish: Sethyn, meaning little arrow after the river) is a village on the south coast of Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Seaton 3.8 miles (6.1 km) east of Looe and ten miles (16 km) west of Plymouth.[1] The village is in the civil parish of Deviock.[2]
The village stretches inland along the River Seaton valley.[1] It has two pubs, a beach café. Seaton beach is mostly shingle and stretches from the river to the village of Downderry a mile to the east.
Country Parks in Cornwall, is immediately to the north of the village. The park includes a nature trail that can be followed for nearly two miles north to Hessenford
.
A
woolly monkeys
and other rescued primates is two miles to the west.
A station was to be built at
St Germans & Looe Railway in the late 1930s, but the railway was abandoned without the station having been built.[3]
Gallery
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Seaton beach -
The Seaton valley -
The River Seaton meets the sea -
A minor road west of Seaton -
ACornish.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
- ^ Cornwall Council online mapping Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 2010
- ^ "Bruce Hunt: Proposed line to Looe". Retrieved 10 July 2021.
External links
Media related to Seaton, Cornwall at Wikimedia Commons
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