Seaton ( kw, Sethyn, meaning ''little arrow after the river)'' is a village on the south coast of

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

, England, at the mouth of the

River Seaton The River Seaton is a river in east Cornwall, England, UK which flows southwards for into the English Channel. The river rises near Caradon Hill and flows generally south past Darite, Menheniot and Hessenford and a few miles farther south ...

3.8 miles (6.1 km) east of

Looe Looe (; kw, Logh, ) is a coastal town and civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, with a population of 5,280 at the 2011 census. Looe is west of Plymouth and south of Liskeard, divided in two by the River Looe, East Looe ( kw, links ...

and ten miles (16 km) west of Plymouth.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' The village is in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

of Deviock.Cornwall Council online mapping
Retrieved June 2010 The village stretches inland along the River Seaton valley. It has two pubs, a beach café, and some shops. Seaton beach is mostly shingle and stretches from the river to the village of

Downderry Downderry ( kw, Downderri) is a coastal village in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated west of Plymouth and one mile east of Seaton. Downderry has a long beach of light shingle. There is road access down to the beac ...

a mile to the east.

Seaton Valley Countryside Park Seaton Valley Countryside Park is the newest of Cornwall's four Country Parks. It is situated in the Seaton valley between the villages of Seaton and Hessenford. It includes two Local Nature Reserves, Seaton Valley North and Seaton Valley ...

, one of four

Country Parks A country park is a natural area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment. United Kingdom History In the United Kingdom, the term ''country park'' has a special meaning. There are around 250 recognised cou ...

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 Hessenford ( kw, Rys an Gwraghes) is a small village in south-east Cornwall, United Kingdom, four miles west of St Germans on the A387 Polbathic to Polperro road.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' The village ...

. A

Monkey Sanctuary The Monkey Sanctuary was founded in 1964 by Len Williams, father of classical guitarist John Williams, as a cooperative to care for rescued woolly monkeys. Based in Looe, Cornwall, England, the sanctuary is home to woolly monkeys that are desce ...

with a colony of

woolly monkeys The woolly monkeys are the genus ''Lagothrix'' of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae. Both species in this genus originate from the rainforests of South America. They have prehensile tails and live in relatively large soc ...

and other rescued primates is two miles to the west. A station was to be built at Seaton as part of the proposed St Germans & Looe Railway in the late 1930s, but the railway was abandoned without the station having been built.

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Image:Seaton, Cornwall 1.jpg, Seaton beach Image:Seaton, Cornwall 2.jpg, The Seaton valley Image:River Seaton.jpg, The River Seaton meets the sea Image:Shaded By Pines - geograph.org.uk - 208061.jpg, A minor road west of Seaton Image:Road sign in Seaton, Cornwall.jpg, A bilingual road sign with Seaton in

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and Seythin in Cornish.

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