Heath or heathland is low-growing woody vegetation, mostly consisting of heathers and related species.

Heath or heathland may also refer to:

Butterflies and moths

  • the heaths, common name for the Palearctic species of the genus Coenonympha, brush-footed butterflies
  • Coenonympha pamphilus (small heath), a butterfly native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa
  • Coenonympha tullia (large heath), a butterfly native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America
  • Melitaea athalia (heath fritillary), a butterfly found throughout the Palaearctic from western Europe to Japan
  • Semiothisa clathrata (latticed heath), a moth found from Europe, North Africa and Asia

Plants

  • Heath family or heather family, Ericaceae
  • Australian heath, any of the species in the genus Epacris
  • Beard heath, any of the species in the genus Leucopogon
  • Heath, many of the species in the genus Cassiope
  • Heath, either of the two species in the genus Daboecia
  • Heath, many of the species in the genus Erica
  • Mountain heath, any of the species in the genus Phyllodoce

Places

Ireland

  • Heathland, County Westmeath, a townland in the civil parish of Lackan, barony of Corkaree
  • The Heath, a village in County Laois

United Kingdom

  • Heath (Barking and Dagenham ward), London, England
  • Heath, Cardiff, Wales
  • Heath (Cardiff ward), Wales
  • Heath, Derbyshire, England
  • Heath, Herefordshire
  • The Heath, Buxton with Lammas, a location in Norfolk
  • The Heath (Hampstead Heath), a park in the City of London
  • The Heath, Hevingham, a location in Norfolk
  • The Heath, North Norfolk, a location in Fakenham, Norfolk
  • Heath, Shropshire
  • The Heath, Staffordshire
  • The Heath, Suffolk, a location near Tattingstone
  • Ipswich Heaths, Suffolk
  • Heath Town, West Midlands
  • Heath, West Yorkshire

United States

  • Heath, Alabama
  • Heath, Indiana
  • Heath, Kentucky, involved in the Derecho and tornado outbreak of April 4–5, 2011
  • Heath, Massachusetts
  • Heath Township, Michigan
  • Heath, Montana
  • Heath, Ohio
  • Heath Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
  • Heath, Texas

People

  • Heath (given name), the given name
  • Heath (surname), a list of people with the surname
  • Heath (musician) (Hiroshi Morie, 1968–2023), Japanese musician
  • Heath Miller (promoter) American concert promoter, artist manager and hotelier

Art, entertainment, and media

  • HEATH, an experimental literary text by Tan Lin
  • Heath Brothers, an American jazz band
  • Heath, a character in the American television series The Walking Dead
  • Heath Swanson, a fictional character in the Japanese manga series California Story

Companies

  • Allen & Heath, a manufacturer of audio mixing consoles, based in Penryn, Cornwall, UK
  • D. C. Heath and Company, a publishing company in Lexington, Massachusetts, US
  • Heath Ceramics, a manufacturer of ceramic tableware and tiles in Sausalito, California, US
  • Heathkit, also known as Heath Company, a manufacturer of electronic kits and devices

Schools

  • Heath Elementary School (disambiguation)
  • Heath Grammar School, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
  • Heath High School (Kentucky), US (closed in 2013)
  • Heath High School (Ohio), US

Other uses

  • Heath v. Alabama, 478 U.S. 82 (1985), interpreting the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
  • Heath bar, a confection
  • The Heath GAA, a Gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland

See also

  • Heath station (disambiguation)
  • Heath (list of places), list of places with "Heath" in their name
  • Heather (disambiguation)
  • Heathrow (disambiguation)
  • Hoath, a place in Kent whose name is the old local dialectal form of Heath