Heysham nuclear power station

The Heysham nuclear power stations are operated by EDF Energy in Heysham, 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.

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Heysham Port railway station

Railway station

Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Heysham Port is a railway station on the Morecambe branch line, which runs between Lancaster and Heysham Port. The station, situated 7+3⁄4 miles west of Lancaster, serves Heysham Port in Lancashire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. Heysham Port railway station is situated 2,300 feet north of Heysham nuclear power station.

St Patrick’s Chapel, Heysham

Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Patrick's Chapel is a ruined building that stands on a headland above St Peter's Church, in Heysham, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. St Patrick’s Chapel, Heysham is situated 1½ miles north of Heysham nuclear power station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heysham and Overton.

Heysham

Town

Photo: Rwendland, Public domain.

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

Overton

Village

Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Overton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, south west of Lancaster and south of Morecambe between Heysham and the estuary of the River Lune. Overton is situated 2½ miles east of Heysham nuclear power station.

Sunderland

Village

Photo: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sunderland, commonly known as Sunderland Point, is a small village among the marshes, on a windswept peninsula between the mouth of the River Lune and Morecambe Bay, in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. Sunderland is situated 2½ miles southeast of Heysham nuclear power station.

Heysham nuclear power station

Type: Industrial building
Also known as: “AGR Heysham 2” and “Heysham 2”
Categories: building and industry
Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.02719° or 54° 1′ 38″ north

Longitude

-2.91526° or 2° 54′ 55″ west

Elevation

85 feet (26 metres)

Open location code

9C6V23GM+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 568913250

OpenStreetMap feature

building=industrial

GeoNames ID

7115738

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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Heysham nuclear power station” goes by many names.

French: “Centrale nucléaire de Heysham”
German: “Kernkraftwerk Heysham”

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