Seaton is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.

[3] Nearby is the large Seaton Viaduct, on the Oakham to Kettering railway line.

For many years the railway was only used for freight traffic, but a restricted passenger service from Oakham to London via Corby and Kettering was opened in 2010.

[5] Major-General Robert Overton a prominent soldier and scholar who supported Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and served in the New Model Army, died here in 1678, although he was subsequently buried in London.

[6] When Henry Royce (founder of Rolls-Royce) was created a baronet, he took Seaton as his territorial designation.