Seaton has been described as the ‘forgotten village’ by a councillor after a raft of complaints over roads, lighting and other services.

At a Seaton parish council meeting, councillor Rodney Vaughan said he believes the village is missing out on services – and it has led to problems.

He raised the issue of lighting in Low Seaton being so dark that one resident suffered a fall and he said that between Kelsick Park and the Pack Horse pub, there are ‘black holes’.

He also said the lack of road markings from Causeway Road to Church Road is “an accident waiting to happen” with cars not using the one-way system and heading in the wrong direction.

He said: “It’s so slow for Seaton we are the forgotten village. We’re just not getting service in this village.”

Speaking after the meeting Coun Vaughan added: “A lady fell and hit her head recently and part of the pavement needs replaced as it’s cracking. People have complained to me about the lights. The lights are inadequate, in my opinion there should be tall poles to spread the lights across.”

And on the road markings he added: “Church Road was done 12 months ago and there are still no road markings. There are still no white marks at the Causeway Road junction, the ones there are very faded, you can’t see them and this road carries a lot of traffic. “So I do think Seaton is the forgotten village and we should be getting better services from Cumbria County Council and Allerdale council. At the end of the day we need these lines before there’s an accident.”

A Low Seaton resident, who did not want to be named, said: “It’s very poor lighting here. The light right outside our house looks like someone is shining a torch down from it, it’s a very small light. If it wasn’t for our security lights the area would be dark.”

Chairman Danny Horsley said after the meeting that complaints about a lack of services is happening everywhere.

He said: “Seaton is not looking its best, road markings have gone – it’s in a terrible condition, pavements are falling to bits, but we are in a pandemic.

“Cumbria County Council has got a schedule for the markings and I can’t see a solution with the streetlights as they are lower emitting lights. It is a lot darker with them.

“But with Covid it’s affecting works everywhere, fellow councillors on the borough are saying the same. Covid is slowing everything down and what we hear every year from Cumbria County Council is budget cuts. It hasn’t been a good year for maintenance.”

Councillor Pat Bateman agreed that Seaton is the forgotten village when it comes to services and said he has been fighting for any sort of crossing for children to use to get to Seaton Junior School.

He said: “I’ve fought and fought and fought for years to get a crossing. I’m only bothered about the kiddies – any type of crossing for their safety, but we still haven’t got one.”

A Cumbria county council spokesman said: “The road markings they’ve referred to are actually being re-done this Friday to improve them and make clearer. Separate to this CCC are putting together a works package to refresh markings in and around the village of Seaton to be programmed later in the year.”