Half Moon Bay
Half Moon Bay is a bay in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Half Moon Bay is situated nearby to the locality Lower Heysham, as well as near the neighborhood Higher Heysham.Places of Interest
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.
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.
Heysham nuclear power station
Power station
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 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.
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 southeast of Half Moon Bay.
Morecambe
Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morecambe is a seaside town in Lancashire, Northwest England, which also includes the small port of Heysham. Administratively they're both part of the city of Lancaster, five miles east.
Half Moon Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.04084° or 54° 2′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.91138° or 2° 54′ 41″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9C6V23RQ+8CGeoNames ID
11103419
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