Morecambe and Heysham


Morecambe and Heysham

(môr`kəm, hē`shəm, hē`səm), town (1991 pop. 41,432), Lancashire, NW England, on Morecambe BayMorecambe Bay,
shallow inlet of the Irish Sea, 16 mi (26 km) long and 10 mi (16.1 km) wide, separating Furness peninsula from the mainland, NW England. It receives the Kent and Lune rivers. Shrimp are caught there, and its extensive tidal flats are cockling grounds.
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. Morecambe, a seaside resort, and Heysham, a port with service to Belfast, were joined in 1928. Nearby is an unusual single-celled chapel dating from before the Norman conquest.