Heysham
Heysham is covered by postcode district LA3. It is in the Lancaster council area, Lancashire.
Every postcode in Heysham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 3
- In use before 2020: 446
Of the 449 postcodes in Heysham that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 446 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.0493, longitude -2.8899. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 3 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Heysham?
Homes sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 398 of the 448 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 147 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 86 of its 449 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Heysham Port, 2.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Heysham?
Homes in Heysham sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 224 sales, down 1.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £290,000 45 sales
- Semi-detached £190,000 110 sales
- Terraced £158,500 46 sales
- Flat or maisonette £112,000 23 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole LA3 district, Heysham's main postcode district: a typical £192,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Heysham: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Heysham?
3 of the 449 postcodes now in use in Heysham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 262 homes sold in Heysham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA3 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Heysham | Across the LA3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 224 (0%) | 0 of 319 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 262 (0%) | 0 of 377 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Heysham?
Ofcom reports on 448 of the 449 postcodes in Heysham. At 398 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Heysham at risk of flooding?
86 of the 449 postcodes in Heysham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 147 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Heysham?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Heysham. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Mossgate Primary School200 m 206 pupils, 210 places
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School350 m 182 pupils, 210 places
- Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School700 m 230 pupils, 245 places
- Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School1.3 km 428 pupils, 415 places
- Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School1.5 km 321 pupils, 345 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Heysham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Heysham is Heysham Port Rail Station, 2.4 km away in a straight line.
- Heysham Port Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
- Morecambe Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
- Bare Lane Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Heysham?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Heysham. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Bay Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report December 2024 · Phone 01524 235900 900 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Heysham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,368 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Heysham over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 138 September 2025
- 94 October 2025
- 110 November 2025
- 108 December 2025
- 104 January 2026
- 92 February 2026
- 107 March 2026
- 105 April 2026
- 127 May 2026
- 133 June 2026
- 135 July 2026
- 115 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 29, drugs 22, bicycle theft 13, possession of weapons 13, robbery 6, theft from the person 4.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Heysham?
- District, borough or city council
- Lancaster
- County council
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Police force area
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Lizzi Collinge (Labour)
All 449 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Heysham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Lancaster about council tax Council tax, on lancaster.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Heysham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Heysham postcodes
449 postcodes in use in Heysham, by district:
That district is in the LA postcode area.
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Places near Heysham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Heysham's £190,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Heysham
- What is it like to live in Heysham?
- Homes sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 398 of the 448 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 147 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 86 of its 449 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Heysham Port, 2.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Heysham?
- Heysham is covered by postcode district LA3, across 449 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Heysham in?
- Heysham is in the Lancaster council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Heysham?
- Heysham is in the Morecambe and Lunesdale parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Lizzi Collinge (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Heysham?
- Homes in Heysham sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 224 sales, down 1.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Heysham?
- In Heysham, primary schools at its postcodes include Mossgate Primary School, St Patrick's Catholic Primary School and Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Bay Leadership Academy, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Heysham have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Heysham is Heysham Port, 2.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Heysham?
- Ofcom reports on 448 of the 449 postcodes in Heysham. At 398 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Heysham at risk of flooding?
- 86 of the 449 postcodes in Heysham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 147 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Heysham?
- 3 of the 449 postcodes now in use in Heysham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 262 homes sold in Heysham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA3 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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