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Heysham
A pretty little village despite it’s proximity to the nuclear power station and ferry terminal The coastal area of Heysham features quaint cottages with 17th Century date stones adorning many and every-other a restaurant or souvenir shop.
There is also a fine Heritage Centre with local exhibits and guide-books to the history of Heysham, that is definitely worth a look-in.
The Spirit of Heysham
Local History
Historic monuments near Heysham
- Cockersand Premonstratensian Abbey – 7.28 km away
- Glass melting and annealing workshop; part of Shrigley and Hunt’s stained glass manufacturing workshops – 5.98 km away
- St Patrick’s early Christian chapel and associated cemetery, Lower Heysham – 0.80 km away
- Part of a Roman fort and its associated vicus and remains of a pre-Conquest monastery and a Benedictine priory on Castle Hill – 5.99 km away
- High cross in St Peter’s churchyard, Heysham – 0.74 km away
- Torrisholme bowl barrow – 5.47 km away
- Skerton Bridge – 6.60 km away
- Glasson Dock – 5.80 km away