Heysham South Wind Farm
Heysham South Wind Farm is a 7.5 MW onshore wind farm in North West England, operated by The Banks Group. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- North West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 7.5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- The Banks Group
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- LA3 3ES
- Coordinates
- 54.0436, -2.8610
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Heysham South Wind Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 7.5 MW station would generate roughly 17 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 6,330 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Wind farms turn the kinetic energy of the wind into electricity with turbines. Output varies with wind speed. Offshore sites usually see stronger, steadier winds than onshore sites and so generate more per MW of capacity.
All UK wind farms Wind farms in North West All run by The Banks GroupNearby generating sites
- FannyHouse Β· 4.94 MW solar farm1.5 km
- Heysham 1 Β· 1,060 MW nuclear power station2.2 km
- Heysham 2 Β· 1,240 MW nuclear power station2.2 km
- Arnawood Β· 4.99 MW solar farm3.1 km
- Orchard End Windfarm Β· 4 MW onshore wind farm16.0 km
- West Field Β· 4.94 MW solar farm20.0 km
- Bilsborrow Β· 4.99 MW solar farm23.0 km
- Walney 04 Β· 329 MW offshore wind farm23.8 km
Also operated by The Banks Group
The Banks Group operates 12 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Kype Muir Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm88.4 MW
- Middle Muir Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm51 MW
- Penny Hill Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm20.4 MW
- Pates Hill Β· onshore wind farm14 MW
- Milton Keynes Β· onshore wind farm14 MW
- Armistead Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm12.3 MW
- Moor House Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm12 MW
- Hook Moor Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm10 MW
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Developer / operator
- Banks Renewables
- Planning authority
- Lancaster
- Planning reference
- 11/00689/FUL
- Application submitted
- 28 July 2011
- Permission granted
- 28 November 2012
- Construction started
- 4 August 2014
- Began operating
- 24 April 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 7.5 MW
- Address
- Lancaster Morecambe Bypass, Heaton With Oxcliffe, Lancashire, Lancashire
- REPD reference
- 4174
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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