The Hayling Ferry travels between Hayling and Eastney. It runs regularly throughout the year, carrying foot and cycle passengers on a 10 minute trip.
- Hayling Ferry timetable (£3.50 with cycles carried FREE) – click here
- Stagecoach 25 bus route in Southsea to the Hayling Ferry – click here
Ferry Point is the closest part of Hayling to the neighbouring island of Portsmouth, with Eastney only a few hundred yards offshore. The Hayling ferry has been operating for at least as far back as 1850, possibly even earlier.
Did You Know?
Around 1900, the future of the ferry service was called into doubt. This was due to plans to build a permanent crossing between Hayling and Eastney.
The plans were for an aerial bridge, with a suspended carriage over a 720 foot span. The plan was rejected by Hayling Parish Council in 1903, preserving the future of our small ferry service for over 100 years!
During WW2 much of this area served as a site for the construction of mysterious concrete structures. These were called Phoenix Units, forming part of the Mulberry Harbours used in the D-Day landings in June 1944.
Did You Know?
The docking area can still be seen just behind the Ferry Inn, and a damaged Phoenix unit, part of a Mulberry Harbour, sits just offshore near the Solent entrance to Langstone Harbour, reminding us of the links to WW2.
The pub at this end of Hayling Island, the Ferry Boat Inn, was originally named the Norfolk Lodge Inn, after the Dukes of Norfolk, once the ‘Lords of the manor’ of South Hayling.The pub’s name changed to ‘The Ferry Boat Inn’ in the 1950s, partially attributed to a popular song of the time, ‘Down at the Ferry Boat Inn’.
Did You Know?
Timbers used in the construction of the pub were salvaged from HMS Impregnable, which sunk off Hayling coast in 1798.
- Learn more about the WW2 Mulberry Harbours – click here
- Hayling Ferry Trust history of the Hayling Ferry – click here
- Hayling Ferry timetable (cycles carried FREE) – click here
- Stagecoach 25 bus route Southsea to Hayling Ferry – click here
- Visit the Ferry Boat Inn at Sinah beach – click here