Heywood is a town on the Fitzroy River in the
Australian state of Victoria. It is situated at an
elevation of 27 metres amidst rolling green hills in
an agricultural, pastoral and timbercutting district.
Heywood is 357 kilometres west of Melbourne at
the intersection of the Princes and Henty Highways
and 27 kilometres north of Portland.
At the 2006 census, Heywood had a population of
1,287. Heywood is a small service centre on the
Fitzroy River.