Seaton Valley Countryside Park
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Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
four Country Parks. It is situated in the Seaton valley between the villages of Seaton
Seaton, Cornwall
Seaton is a village on the south coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated at the mouth of the River Seaton approximately three miles east of Looe and ten miles west of Plymouth. The village is in the civil parish of Deviock....
and Hessenford
Hessenford
Hessenford is a small village in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is four miles west of St Germans.Hessenford is part of the united parishes of St Germans, Hessenford, Downderry and Tideford....
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The park was formerly owned and managed by Caradon District Council
Caradon
Caradon was a 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...
since 1995 and it was formally opened in 1998. Today, the park is owned and managed by Cornwall Council. 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 Green Flag Award
Green Flag Award
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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.