Museums & Galleries · Morecambe
Heysham Visitor Centre
📍 LA3 2DA
Photo: Steve Daniels (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Tour includes reactor hall and control room
- Interactive exhibition explains nuclear power generation
- Tours include reactor viewing gallery and turbine hall
- Classroom facility available alongside the exhibition
Heysham Visitor Centre sits at EDF's Heysham nuclear power station site near Lancaster, and lets you go behind the scenes on a guided tour taking in the reactor viewing gallery, turbine hall and control room viewing gallery, alongside an interactive exhibition and classroom facility explaining how nuclear power is generated. Tours run on weekdays, last around two hours, and suit visitors aged eight and above, with places arranged through a wait list by emailing or phoning the centre in advance. There's also the option of a shorter visit to just the exhibition area. If you're staying nearby, Heysham Port station is just 0.2 miles away, Morecambe South beach is 3.2 miles off, and there are 54 bookable places to stay within 5 miles on BritStays.
Practical details
- Open
- Monday to Thursday 10:00-16:00, Friday 10:00-14:30, closed weekends and bank holidays
- Time needed
- Tours take around 2 hours
- Booking
- Tours are booked in advance via a wait list system
- Best for
- Visitors aged 8 and over
From the attraction's own website on 20 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Guided Tours
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🚆 Or come by train
- Heysham Port 0.2 miles
- Morecambe 3.2 miles
- Bare Lane 4.3 miles
Straight-line distances · live departures on each station page