Heysham Visitor Centre

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Heysham Port railway station

Railway station

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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 1,000 feet north of Heysham Visitor Centre.

Heysham nuclear power station

Power station

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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. Heysham nuclear power station is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Heysham Visitor Centre.

St Patrick’s Chapel, Heysham

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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 1¼ miles north of Heysham Visitor Centre.

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Heysham

Town

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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 1½ miles northeast of Heysham Visitor Centre.

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 Heysham Visitor Centre.

Sunderland

Village

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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 Visitor Centre.

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