North West England
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Heysham nuclear power station

The Heysham nuclear power stations are operated by EDF Energy in , Lancashire, England. On the site two separate nuclear power stations, Heysham 1 and Heysham 2 operate independently, only with joint entry protocol, both with two reactors of the advanced gas-cooled reactor type.
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  • Type: Power station
  • Description: pair of nuclear power plants in Heysham, Lancashire, England
  • Also known as: “AGR Heysham 1”, “Heysham 1 & 2”, “Heysham Nuclear Power Station”, “Heysham nuclear power stations”, and “Heysham Power Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Heysham Port railway station and St Patrick’s Chapel, Heysham.

Railway station
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Heysham Port is a railway station on the Morecambe branch line, which runs between and Heysham Port. The station, situated 7+3⁄4 miles west of Lancaster, serves Heysham Port in . It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Heysham nuclear power station.

Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Patrick's Chapel is a ruined building that stands on a headland above , in , , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Heysham nuclear power station.

Church
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St Peter's Church is in the village of , , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Heysham nuclear power station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heysham and Overton.

Town
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is a coastal village in the Lancaster district of , England, overlooking . It is a ferry port, with services to the and Ireland, and the site of two nuclear power stations. is situated 2 miles northeast of Heysham nuclear power station.

Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England, south west of and south of between and the estuary of the . is situated 2½ miles southeast of Heysham nuclear power station.

Village
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, commonly known as Point, is a small village among the marshes, on a windswept peninsula between the mouth of the and , in the City of Lancaster district of , England. is situated 3 miles southeast of Heysham nuclear power station.

Heysham nuclear power station

Latitude
54.02871° or 54° 1′ 43″ north
Longitude
-2.91709° or 2° 55′ 2″ west
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Inception
1984
Operator
EDF Energy
Open location code
9C6V23HM+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 310488542
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
7115737
Wiki­data ID
Q1588936
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Heysham nuclear power station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “希捨姆核电站”
  • Chinese: “希捨姆核电站2号站”
  • Chinese: “希舍姆核电站2号站”
  • Czech: “Heysham”
  • Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Heysham”
  • Dutch: “Heysham nuclear power station”
  • Finnish: “Heyshamin ydinvoimalaitos”
  • French: “Centrale nucleaire de Heysham”
  • French: “centrale nucléaire de Heysham”
  • French: “Centrale nucléaire de Heysham”
  • German: “Kernkraftwerk Heysham”
  • Hungarian: “Heysham atomerőmű”
  • Italian: “centrale nucleare di Heysham”
  • Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Heysham”
  • Japanese: “ヘイシャム原子力発電所”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Heysham 2 kjernekraftverk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Heysham kjernekraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Heysham kjernekraftverk”
  • Russian: “АЭС Хейшем”
  • Scots: “Heysham nuclear pouer station”
  • Swedish: “Heysham kärnkraftverk”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Heysham nuclear power station”. Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 3.0.