Seaton Valley Countryside Park is the newest of Cornwall's 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 coun ...

. It is situated in the Seaton valley between the villages of Seaton and

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 ...

. It includes two Local Nature Reserves, Seaton Valley North and Seaton Valley South.There is no map of Seaton Valley South. The park was formerly owned and managed by

Caradon District Council Caradon was a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It contained five towns: Callington, Liskeard, Looe, Saltash and Torpoint, and over 80 villages and hamlets within 41 civil parishes. Its District C ...

since 1995 and it was formally opened in 1998. Today, the park is owned and managed by

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. It covers over 50 hectares, including a sensory garden, ponds, cycleways and footpaths, with disabled access on the main footpath and to the garden. In 2005, the park became the first one in Cornwall to win a

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. The park provides a flat path of over a mile in length which winds its way through the valley bottom with ponds, woodlands, and picnic areas. To the south, the path leads to a beach and to the north a longer path leads through woodland to Hessenford. Part of Seaton Valley Countryside Park occupies the site of a derelict caravan park.

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External links

Official Website

Greenflag Award Site
Country parks in Cornwall Local Nature Reserves in Cornwall 1998 establishments in England Protected areas established in 1998 {{Caradon-geo-stub