Hayling Island is a true Island accessed from the North by the Hayling Bridge and from the West by the Hayling passenger ferry that also accepts pedal cycles.

The town of Hayling Island contains the villages of East and West Hayling and lies within the Portsmouth and SE Hampsire Area and is under Havant Borough Council.

Hayling Island offers oustanding "Blue Flag" awarded beaches in a natural environment with extensive flora and fauna and it is a delightful place to relax and unwind. However, it is just a short ferry ride away from Southea to the West.

Windsurfing, tourism and leisure activities are Hayling's principal assets with tourism generating £50 million of income to the Borough over a good summer.

The Hayling Billy Trail along the West of the island is one of the attractive routes enjoyed by walkers and cyclists.

There are 100 acreas of grassy dunes and gorse providing an ideal location for picnics between the Sea Front Road in the South and the beaches. This area inclues areas of special scientific interest.

Hayling Island is internationally renowned for it's sailboarding facilities that are second to none and which are located on the south of the Island just west of centre.

In North Hayling, the fine St Peter's Church was built in 1140 and in the centre of the Island St Mary's Church has a magnificent yew tree believed to be 1,000 years old and having a girth of nine metres.

Until 1963, the Hayling Billy steam train used to terminate in West Town, and the station there has now been converted to the Station Theatre.

Hayling Island is well coverered by the Wikipedia.