Heysham is a large coastal village near Lancaster in the county of Lancashire, England. It overlooks Morecambe Bay and has two AGR nuclear power stations which are visible landmarks from hills in the surrounding area.
Heysham is composed of three wards: Heysham Central, Heysham North and Heysham South. Heysham harbour was built in 1900, and the port of Heysham provides a ferry service to the Isle of Man, as well as freight to Ireland and Europe and services for the East Irish Sea and Morecambe Bay gas fields.
A Seacat service to Belfast started in 1999. Some ferry services connect with train services from Heysham Port railway station to Lancaster via the Morecambe Branch Line.
Heysham won the Village award in the 2005 Britain in Bloom awards.
