Hayling Island Beach

Havant

Type:Beach

Sea Front, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0AG

Tel: +44 02392 463297

Blue Flag Hayling Island , Credit Hayling.co.uk

About

Hayling Island has over 3 miles of beaches along the seafront facing the Solent and many more miles of shore around the Harbours of Langstone and Chichester. The three main beaches of the Island have won both the European Blue Flag and the Keep Britain Tidy Group – Seaside Award Flag for cleanliness and management.

The Hayling Seafront is primarily a shingle beach above the high tide mark, with long stretches of sand below this line. Views of the Solent are exceptional with the Isle of Wight plainly seen and wide stretches of open water, criss-crossed with yachts and ferries going to the Continent.

At high tide the waters can get deep quickly with the shelving of the beaches, at low tides the waters are usually shallow, especially at West beach, which is excellent for swimming. The West Winner sand bank stretches for about a mile into the Hayling bay, providing shelter from the larger waves for the beaches and at West Beach, a ‘lagoon’ within which the waters warm nicely as the tide rises during the day.

About a third of the beach is protected by groynes which cut into the sea to prevent the removal of beach material and act as shelters from the sea breezes which blow throughout the year. These breezes prevent the beaches and the Island from getting too hot during the summer and from being too cold in the winter. They also provide excellent sailing conditions for windsurfers and sailors alike throughout the year, making Hayling a very popular location for enthusiasts of the sport from all over the country and abroad.

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Facilities

Catering

  • On-Site cafe/restaurant
  • Picnic Site

Parking & Transport

  • Parking (charge)

Provider Preferences

  • In countryside
  • Outdoor Attraction

Specialist Features

  • Family Fun
  • Marketed Towards Children
  • Marketed Towards Families
  • Marketed Towards Senior Citizens
  • Marketed towards student/youth

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Awards

  • Beach AwardsBlue Flag Blue Flag 2023

Opening Times

Open Christmas
Open New Year
2024 (1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024)

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