Port Way Heysham, Lancaster
2 addresses across 1 postcode (LA3), about 380 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 19700282.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Lancaster cost £203,781 in August 2026 (+4.6% on a year); private rents averaged £830 a month.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 5 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Sealink UK, lies under part of it.
- Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 260 m from its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 3 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Middleton Clean Energy Plant, is 910 m (0.6 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A683, carries 6,456 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Lancaster costs £2,503 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Heysham Port, about 530 m (0.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 410 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 8 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 2 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bay Medical Group, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 25 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Lancaster
A typical home in Lancaster cost £203,781 in August 2026, 4.6% more than a year before. That is 22% more than five years earlier and 47% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £347,475 |
| Semi-detached | £226,826 |
| Terraced | £182,595 |
| Flat or maisonette | £116,419 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £181,499 |
Private renters in Lancaster paid £830 a month on average in September 2026, 6.6% more than a year before. That is 32% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £606 |
| Two bedrooms | £758 |
| Three bedrooms | £933 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,235 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
The postcode does not have the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
Council tax
What each band costs in Lancaster in 2026-27: Band D £2,503 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,669 | £1,947 | £2,225 | £2,503 | £3,059 | £3,616 | £4,172 | £5,006 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (37% of about 810 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Energy projects nearby
5 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 3 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton Clean Energy Plant Lancaster 18/01203/FUL | Battery storage | 49.9 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jan 2020 | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
| Heysham Energy Storage Project Lancaster 21/01069/FUL | Battery storage | 200 MW | Permission granted, not yet built May 2022 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Lancaster Power Extension, Middleton Road - Energy Storage Facility Lancaster 22/00839/FUL | Battery storage | 50 MW | Permission granted, not yet built May 2023 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Fanny House Farm/Heysham Moss Lancaster 11/00073/FUL | Wind 1 turbine, 110 m tall | 1.5 MW | Operational Feb 2015 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Heysham South Wind Farm Lancaster 11/00689/FUL | Wind 3 turbines | 7.5 MW | Operational Apr 2015 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 16 September 2026 to 22 September 2026: SP Electricity North West, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
The nearest projected erosion zone is 260 m from the street's postcodes (by 2105, if defences are not maintained or built).
| Projection | Policy for the frontage | Erosion | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Hold the line Great Ormes Head to Scotland | none (the line is held) | 270 m |
| By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Hold the line Great Ormes Head to Scotland | none (the line is held) | 270 m |
| By 2105, if defences are not maintained or built | No intervention Great Ormes Head to Scotland | up to 152 m | 260 m |
Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
5 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes: the nearest lies under part of it.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sealink UK Spine Road, Lancashire | 1984 to 1986 | Inert, industrial, liquid sludge | Under it |
| Quarry Road Port of Heysham New Pond, Money Close Lane, Heysham, High Heysham, Lancashire | 1984 to 1986 | Inert, special (hazardous) | 160 m |
| Heysham Dock Near Custom House, Heysham, Lancashire | Not recorded | Not recorded | 170 m |
| Port of Heysham Industrial Park Money Close Lane, Higher Heysham, Heysham, Lancashire | 1986 to 1987 | Inert, industrial | 370 m |
| Heysham Power Station No.2 Money Close Lane, Heysham, Lancashire | 1987 to 1989 | Industrial, special (hazardous), liquid sludge | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 8 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA3 2XS | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Heysham Port 13,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Morecambe 175,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bare Lane 119,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 15 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rothesay Crescent Heysham | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Morecambe | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Heysham Ferry Terminal | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Car parks | Heysham Village Car Park | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Roam Charging Station | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 78.1 km (49 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bay Medical Group Requires improvement Dec 2024 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fhc75 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Oasis Dental Practice | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Queen Victoria Hospital | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fairways Requires improvement Apr 2025 | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Morecambe Police Station | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Heysham Middleton Rd, Heysham Cashzone | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.0 ha | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 230 m² | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.3 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Greenfingers Community Project 8,300 m² | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 3.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is High cross in St Peter's churchyard, Heysham, a scheduled monument, 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| High cross in St Peter's churchyard, Heysham | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| St Patrick's early Christian chapel and associated cemetery, Lower Heysham | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Half Moon Bay | Bay | 600 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Heysham Head | Headland | 830 m (0.5 miles) north |
| North Round Head | Wetland | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Whittam Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Middleton Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Wood Bridge Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 2 |
1 of the street's 2 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Lancaster: see them on the Lancaster page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 660 m (0.4 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 41% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 57% in 2023) |
| Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | 76% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 85% in 2024 and 56% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 260 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butterflies Preschool LA3 2UP | Full day care | 32 | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 260 m |
| Heysham Youths Community Centre Pre-School LA3 2LL | Full day care | 26 | Good (Sep 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Time 4 Nursery LA3 2BN | Full day care | 42 | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 428 childminders and 26 home childcarers (nannies) in Lancashire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke of Rothesay LA3 2UP | Pub/bar/nightclub | 260 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 14 May 2026 |
| Freedom Confectionery Ltd LA3 2UZ | Importers/Exporters | 380 m | 5 Very good | 25 Apr 2024 |
| Trumacar Stores LA3 2SZ | Retailers - other | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 21 Feb 2024 |
| Fairways Care Home LA3 2TA | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Feb 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 11 |
| Other theft | 5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Heysham Ferry Port (8); On or near Moneyclose Grove (8); On or near Rothesay Crescent (5); On or near Bay Close (3); On or near Field Road (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A683 between end and A683, with 6,456 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 290 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A683 | end to A683 | 6,456 estimated; counted 2019 | 12% | -11% since 2015 | 290 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 12% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- LA3 2XS: 2 addresses of 14 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Penrod Way · Field Road · Moneyclose Grove · Princess Alexandra Way · Rothesay Crescent · Bay Close · Mcdonald Road · Bay Road · Flare Road · Connaught Road · Londonderry Road
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.