Hayling Ferry

12/01/2025

Keep signing this petition - it now stands at 2,003 signatures - next target 2,500! 👍👌
https://www.change.org/p/introduce-a-stagecoach-bus-service-to-the-hayling-ferry

23/12/2024

2,000 signatures achieved - but keep signing in support of a Stagecoach bus connection to the Hayling Ferry!👍👏

Click this link to sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/introduce-a-stagecoach-bus-service-to-the-hayling-ferry

This bus connection is needed for seasonal visitors and the residents of Hayling to access this western end of Hayling Island and Ferry Point - the Ferryboat Inn, Sinah Warren, Sinah Lane and the Kench etc.

If the Councils want residents and visitors to do the right thing by using public transport, and avoiding the Langstone Bridge, then they need to support the ONLY alternative connection off the Island, to and from Portsmouth, with a joined up Stagecoach bus connection either side of Langstone Harbour.

At present the Portsmouth side is supported by the excellent Stagecoach 25 bus service - but on Hayling it involves a 2.4km walk from the Hayling Ferry terminal to the nearest bus stop at Staunton Ave to catch the Stagecoach 30/31 service on Hayling. That is unacceptable for anyone with mobility issues or families with small children. 🤔🤷‍♂️

22/12/2024

20/12/2024

Christmas 2024 & New Year 2025 - Hayling Ferry Schedule

05/12/2024

INCREASING PEDESTRIAN & BIKE USE ON THE HAYLING FERRY
If the Hayling Ferry was subsidised and funded by the Govt and Councils - like the bus services are - then the Ferry fares could be reduced - especially as the Ferry can also carry 26 bikes at a time to support active travel.

Bizarrely the very Councils and Councillors that are arranging subsidies for the buses, to give reduced £2 and FREE bus fares, are also the same Councils and Councillors sitting on Langstone Harbour Board and voting through a 3 fold increase in LHB per passenger charges on the Ferry, that led to a 50p increase in Ferry fares in April 2024! No you couldn't make it up! 😡

Cllr Peter Candlish PCC - you may like to take note of this quite frankly absurd situation, when as PCC Transport portfolio holder - heavily promoting the use of public transport and bike use - you are also voting through increases in LHB charges that has created a £3.50 Ferry fare for cyclists and pedestrians - and discouraging the use of this lifesaver 300 metre connection to Portsmouth - the ONLY alternative to the Langstone Bridge.

The Ferry crossing turns a 14 mile car journey on the congested A3023 on Hayling, and Eastern Rd in Portsmouth, into a 300 metre bike crossing - surely that should be way up there on the PCC transport portfolio agenda?

Likewise Cllr Lance Quantrill, you have voted on LHB for the LHB increase in charges that increases Ferry fares - yet you are now campaigning for HCC, for greater bike use and walking on Hayling.

When are our Councils and Councillors going to to use some joined up thinking when recognising that the Hayling Ferry is the ONLY public transport on Hayling that supports both walking AND cycling - and is also the only public transport medium that reduces travel distance on Hayling to Portsmouth from 14 miles to 300 metres!

Come on HCC and PCC, start doing something constructive to support the Hayling Ferry connection to allow an increase in walking and bike use, rather than voting negatively for an increase in LHB per passenger charges that lead to increased Ferry fares!😡🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

As you cycle and walk around the Island please look out for any ways to improve your journey and to encourage others.
Click on the link and send your comments before 22nd Dec, please
https://www.hants.gov.uk/transport/transportschemes/barriers-walking-cycling

04/12/2024

2,000 signatures achieved - but keep signing! Click this link to sign the petition. 👍
https://www.change.org/p/introduce-a-stagecoach-bus-service-to-the-hayling-ferry

04/12/2024

FREE BUS TRAVEL IN PORTSMOUTH SAT 7 DECEMBER 2024
Update - unfortunately the Hayling Ferry will not be running Saturday because of bad weather - but bus services in Portsmouth will still be FREE on Saturday via other connections.
https://travel.portsmouth.gov.uk/public-transport/small-business-saturday-2024/

27/11/2024

07/11/2024

Havant Constituency Small Business & Community Awards 2024
NOMINATED AGAIN FOR 2024 - TWO CATEGORY WINNER IN 2017
Hayling Community Champions - Colin Hill & the Hayling Ferry👏👌

05/11/2024

2,000 signatures achieved - but keep signing! Click this link to sign the petition. 👍
https://www.change.org/p/introduce-a-stagecoach-bus-service-to-the-hayling-ferry

28/10/2024

FERRY TIMETABLE UPDATE EFFECTIVE 4/11/24
The Hayling Ferry will finish earlier at 18:00 from Eastney on Monday to Saturday - and 18:10 from Eastney on Sundays - effective from Monday 4 November.

25/10/2024

Beautiful autumnal morning on Hayling

23/10/2024

Work has begun to upgrade the Hayling Billy Trail, on Hayling Island, with an all-weather surface, making it easier for walkers, cyclists, mobility scooter users and horse riders to use in all seasons throughout the year. 👌

Work has begun to upgrade the Hayling Billy Trail, on Hayling Island in Havant, with an all-weather surface, making it easier for walkers, cyclists, mobility scooter users and horse riders to use in all seasons throughout the year

21/10/2024

This petition to add a Stagecoach linking Bus Service to the Hayling Ferry was started in March 2024 and is ongoing. If you want to support the need for this bus link, then add your name and sign the petition. 👍

Introduce a Stagecoach Bus Service to the Hayling Ferry