Heywood (/ˈheɪwʊd/ HAY-wuud)[1] 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.

It is on the railway line to Portland, at the junction of the presently-unused branch to Mount Gambier, South Australia.

The winner of several past "Tidy Town" awards, it is often referred to as the "Jewel of the Southwest".

[7] Heywood has a Mediterranean influenced oceanic climate with mildly warm, dry summers and cool, very wet winters.