I spent many childhood holidays on hayling island and my sister now lives there. We go every year on my granddaughters birthday in august to the fair - it's a great little island .
You needed to walk the Billy Trail. Used to be a railway, but now a nature trail all the way to Havant Station. Really nice cycle ride, past the old Oyster beds alongside Langstone Harbour. Luvly
Hi Jack, If you are still on hayling, have dinner or a pint at the olive leaf, lovely pub. Do a walk on the billy trail and also don't forget the Northney tea room. You can also visit the donkey sanctuary. The coastguard house is the mainhub for the coastguard on Hayling island and they train there as well on Thursday. Have fun around here!
Hey thanks so much for your recommendations, sadly I’m not there anymore but I’ll definitely be back so that’s helpful. I did read up about the donkey sanctuary afterwards so sad I missed it at the time
I grew up on Hayling. The island comes alive when it's hot and sunny. You must go back when in high summer season. Head to the northern part called Northney and then to the top of sandy point.
Not sure what day you picked to come down but it's not normally that quiet! In the hot summer (lol) months it is very busy and yes has a slightly faded feel about it but that is what I personally like about it and what attracted me to live here. It is known as the windy island which is possibly why the trees are bent like that. I would say come back on a sunny day. People are generally lovely and friendly. Have a chat with people at the coffee shops as there is a wealth of local knowledge here - always interesting to chat to people as well. Next week the Ferry Boat is running a D-Day 80th anniversary; Thursday night is bike night and usually very busy. But sometimes as you say just to sit and listen to the waves is a very calming experience.
Thank you very much for your comment, it’s so weird I’ve heard from loads of people about how thriving it usually is, and I only visited last week but it was probably the first ‘rubbish’ weather day in a few weeks 😅
2:48 "Cor, look at the log there. Imagine sitting on that on a sunny day". I genuinely was laughing so hard, with tears in my eyes. You have such a whimsy about you, mr Jack Miller and I love your comments on what many would find mundane. In a previous video in Ramsgate, you were genuinely in awe: "look at that ramp!". Never change and please do keep making these. Also, thanks to you, I learned what Thanet was (had to look it up as you kept mentioning it in another video) and that is was an island until the Middle Ages.
Ha ha that is so funny because I do that in a lot of my videos and I don’t think anyone has ever commented on it before, but I make myself laugh when I’m watching it back!! Thanks a lot I really appreciate it 🫡
I have visited Hayling Island two times in the summer hoildays. My first visit was an bit of adventure, as I have been to Portsmouth so many times but never seen what Hayling Island is like. I remember my first time was such a lot of fun, you can't even tell your on a island, you think your still in Portsmouth when you see the Spinnaker Tower in the distance.
I thought exactly the same thing, although I must admit in comparison to Portsmouth I just didn’t enjoy it so much. But maybe that’s because the weather was rubbish
In the 1970s, Hayling had a beautiful sandy beach beyond a sea wall that had a promenade behind it if I remember correctly - I was very young then. Sometime in the 1980s a sea defence project was carried out which included the installation of a large wooden barrier over which a gazillion tonnes of stones were placed. This may have prevented seafront properties from being damaged in bad weather, but it ruined the original baeach. Many of the old seaside shops and cafes that existed in the 1970s and 1980s have been converted into residential properties now, especially towards the east end of the island.
I’m a local 👋. I live in one of the many flats that back onto the seafront on the west side of the Island & yes, I have a wonderful view from my balcony 👍🏼. Come back on a warm sunny day during school holidays, Hayling seriously buzzes x
Some places are great out of season, Hayling and Margate two places I much prefer in season. The railway (with it's Thorpe Park connection) and Funland are the main draws, really like that small fair, awesome donuts
As a kid, many many years ago, my family had 2 holidays at the Sunshine Camp. Never saw a beach, only mud flats. Never forgotten that. Even though I now live just along the coast - and have done for 40 years - I've never been back.
We live in Surrey, during the summer we'll sometimes take an afternoon drive down the A3 to Hayling. Its OK there, we'll sit on beach and get fish and Chips from the Coastguard chippy @8:11
I thought I was watching a reboot of The Road for a second with you playing Viggo Mortensen with how dull and empty it was down there. There is a really cool hot rod show I go to on the beach at Funland twice a year which is put on by the local hot rod club; The Victory Wheelers so I have only ever seen it absolutely rammed and sunny, was weird seeing the opposite! The show is mainly held on the beach right next to the roller coasters.
Ha ha yeh it did feel a bit like that at the time I must say! That’s so cool you have been there before and I bet at the show it’s a completely different atmosphere
Moving into one of the top floor flats next month, the view is insane 😫 Also my best friend lives in the one of the houses behind Funland, really beautiful house with lovely views ☺️
Stayed at the caravan park on the island. Didn't really explore the island much as we went out and about off the island. Did have some nice food at the Barley Mow a few times.
@@jackryanmiller of course the other area near by is the New Forest National Park, which is within an hour's drive, depending where on the forest you want to go! 🐎🌳🌲
I live here…you should visit it’s extremely busy in summer there 3 large holiday camps and tons of caravan parks it’s so full of entertainment in summer and beautifully quiet in winter ❤
Jack great video 👍😁😎 I think that building is the Crescent. Back in WW2 my late father trained along the beach. In the 1970s used to have family holidays in Southsea and we use to bet the Ferry from Eastney to Hayling. Sandy Poiint use to be nice back then. Look forward to your next video 👍👍😁😎
Me and my family go to the park dean caravan park just up the road from Funland, we always go to Paltons park which is not far at all from hayling island, love hayling island
as for the house at the fair? that is the house of the owners of the fair. yes there are a lot of beech huts but i doubt it hits 100 let alone hundreds. Haylings tourist hay day is long past but on a hot sunny day it gets very busy.
I grew up on Hayling. It used to have beautiful sandy beaches everywhere, until Havant borough council decided that this was far too exciting and dumped shingle all over them. The reason they actually did this was to lessen tidal damage to the coast, which makes sense of course but still, it's a shame. haha.
Thanks for coming to visit the island. Ur what's known as a grockel (visitor). Not saying to b mean just letting u no about the local lingo 😂. nice video. U missed alot of the good spots, that being said u were only here for the day nd I guess we need to keep some spots to ourselves to get away from the business of the summer months. Maybe u will come bak on a hot school holiday summer's day to c the contrast!
Ha ha that’s amazing and I can’t believe there’s a name for the visitors that’s brilliant 🤣🤣thanks very much I mainly wanted to go down the main stretch of seafront but great to know there’s loads of different bits to explore 😁
a couple of my friends live on hayling island and i used to work with my friend on the island as well for about 2 years. growing up going to the island on summer holidays as a little kid to play in the arcades and go on rides to see how hayling island is now as an adult, its gone downhill since. the arcades and the theme park only now seem to be rental only for birthdays, im unsure if the car boot sale is still ongoing anymore, floods happen on the island super frequently which i used to have to cycle to work thru and while working there, i noticed alot of the rich people are quite self entitled. ive been hit by ignorant drivers, had people bomb over the speed limit past me in their race car, just in 2 years, there had been like 40 different crashes and at least a 5th of them related to misuse of drug/alcohol instances and alot of the people ive talked to and crossed on there at least, arnt the nicest of people. as for travel on there, it seems to just be far better to walk there rather than get any other form of travel. traffic jams practically run throughout the day and are far worse when there is a flood, theres no longer a railway system going onto the island and hasnt been for i think over 20 years now which has still been an endless ongoing fight to have it put back in and connect back up to the town station it used to be connected to and even by means of cycling and the electric bikes & scooters, u cant always get on the island because of the floods. personally, the only benefit ive come across growing up and going to the island frequently is the billie trail in which the train used to run along. its the only scenic part of the island ik in which is the only benefit to the island.
Hey thanks so much for the comment and that is a really interesting insight. Obviously I was only here for a day so wouldn’t have had a clue about any of those things but it’s good to know, and I must’ve hit the traffic at a good time!
@@jackryanmiller traffic is okay on some days but still busy. yet again, when I worked on the island before. there were few days in which werent so busy traffic wise but most of the week or half of the week, it usually runs pretty much throughout the day. ive never really known traffic going on and off the island to not be busy and thanks to the super tight roads and poor management of those roads and paths as well as only 1 way on and off the island, u can imagine how bad and stressful it can get. add flooding into it and at times, people cant even get on or off the island because of it at times.
Hayling Island is a lovely place to live. Lots of places to visit , if you’d carried on walking you would have come to sandy point again beautiful views and lots of sand there . 😊
@@roscoeswrld5953 ive worked on the island myself and i can agree to some extent that even working at one of the hotel resorts on the island back in 2021 to 2022 before i was made redundant from a bs excuse they made that my supervisors and some workmates were just rude and lazy. i have many stories just working at lakeside there in which ive either been mistreated, forced to carry the burden of other workmates laziness, workmates faking illnesses so they get paid and dont need to come in and when i was a f&b assistant,being 1 of 2 people that whole 2 years i worked there, serving 400 guests or more on our own as the people working on the stands by the guests didnt have to do the main meals. i asked numerous times for a pay raise and they made excuses till they ended up saying no on a technical excuse basis. its not just the poor working conditions and the workmates but also alot of the guests as well. alot of guests had this very snobby self entitled attitude all because they are rich and think they can treat the workers like crap. now i previously worked as a steward before that job at a horse racing festival in chichester for 2 months so i learned to just deal with whatever shit is thrown at me and ignore it. my workmates on the other hand would openly swear infront of guests as a way to be approachable and informal, often times rude, refuse to serve guests sometimes for good reason and the list goes on. i had even witnessed our head chef at the time come out pissed off that some guest was being an ass and tryna abuse the system to get more free food that he came out shouting at the guests which the whole room could hear. im all for give people a taste of their own medicine but making the whole room go quiet because u have a problem with a specific guest and went to have a go at them for it, doesnt help the company nor does it make it easier for us to have to now deal with the issue when we already have many issues to deal with.
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I spent many childhood holidays on hayling island and my sister now lives there. We go every year on my granddaughters birthday in august to the fair - it's a great little island .
You need to come back on a sunny day when the pubs and beaches are busier! This does not do it justice 😂
I know that’s why I’m gutted the day I came was the only bad weather day for 2 weeks 🤣🤣
You needed to walk the Billy Trail. Used to be a railway, but now a nature trail all the way to Havant Station. Really nice cycle ride, past the old Oyster beds alongside Langstone Harbour. Luvly
Cheers for the recommendation, I’ll definitely try that walk next time
Hi Jack, If you are still on hayling, have dinner or a pint at the olive leaf, lovely pub. Do a walk on the billy trail and also don't forget the Northney tea room. You can also visit the donkey sanctuary. The coastguard house is the mainhub for the coastguard on Hayling island and they train there as well on Thursday. Have fun around here!
Hey thanks so much for your recommendations, sadly I’m not there anymore but I’ll definitely be back so that’s helpful. I did read up about the donkey sanctuary afterwards so sad I missed it at the time
I grew up on Hayling. The island comes alive when it's hot and sunny.
You must go back when in high summer season.
Head to the northern part called Northney and then to the top of sandy point.
Thanks for your comment, I can really imagine it’s a different vibe completely! I’ll be sure to check out Northney when I go back 😄
Not sure what day you picked to come down but it's not normally that quiet! In the hot summer (lol) months it is very busy and yes has a slightly faded feel about it but that is what I personally like about it and what attracted me to live here. It is known as the windy island which is possibly why the trees are bent like that. I would say come back on a sunny day. People are generally lovely and friendly. Have a chat with people at the coffee shops as there is a wealth of local knowledge here - always interesting to chat to people as well. Next week the Ferry Boat is running a D-Day 80th anniversary; Thursday night is bike night and usually very busy. But sometimes as you say just to sit and listen to the waves is a very calming experience.
Thank you very much for your comment, it’s so weird I’ve heard from loads of people about how thriving it usually is, and I only visited last week but it was probably the first ‘rubbish’ weather day in a few weeks 😅
2:48 "Cor, look at the log there. Imagine sitting on that on a sunny day". I genuinely was laughing so hard, with tears in my eyes. You have such a whimsy about you, mr Jack Miller and I love your comments on what many would find mundane. In a previous video in Ramsgate, you were genuinely in awe: "look at that ramp!". Never change and please do keep making these. Also, thanks to you, I learned what Thanet was (had to look it up as you kept mentioning it in another video) and that is was an island until the Middle Ages.
Ha ha that is so funny because I do that in a lot of my videos and I don’t think anyone has ever commented on it before, but I make myself laugh when I’m watching it back!! Thanks a lot I really appreciate it 🫡
I have visited Hayling Island two times in the summer hoildays. My first visit was an bit of adventure, as I have been to Portsmouth so many times but never seen what Hayling Island is like. I remember my first time was such a lot of fun, you can't even tell your on a island, you think your still in Portsmouth when you see the Spinnaker Tower in the distance.
I thought exactly the same thing, although I must admit in comparison to Portsmouth I just didn’t enjoy it so much. But maybe that’s because the weather was rubbish
In the 1970s, Hayling had a beautiful sandy beach beyond a sea wall that had a promenade behind it if I remember correctly - I was very young then. Sometime in the 1980s a sea defence project was carried out which included the installation of a large wooden barrier over which a gazillion tonnes of stones were placed. This may have prevented seafront properties from being damaged in bad weather, but it ruined the original baeach. Many of the old seaside shops and cafes that existed in the 1970s and 1980s have been converted into residential properties now, especially towards the east end of the island.
I’m a local 👋. I live in one of the many flats that back onto the seafront on the west side of the Island & yes, I have a wonderful view from my balcony 👍🏼.
Come back on a warm sunny day during school holidays, Hayling seriously buzzes x
Love it! Thanks for the comment and I’m extremely jealous, it’s my dream to one day have a place with a balcony and sea view 😃
Some places are great out of season, Hayling and Margate two places I much prefer in season. The railway (with it's Thorpe Park connection) and Funland are the main draws, really like that small fair, awesome donuts
You’re right I’m gutted I made this video out of season because the whole day felt a bit ‘off’ but I tried my best to make something of it 🤪
As a kid, many many years ago, my family had 2 holidays at the Sunshine Camp. Never saw a beach, only mud flats.
Never forgotten that. Even though I now live just along the coast - and have done for 40 years - I've never been back.
Aha I guess those mud flats have put you off for life 😂
@@jackryanmiller Sadly so.
We live in Surrey, during the summer we'll sometimes take an afternoon drive down the A3 to Hayling. Its OK there, we'll sit on beach and get fish and Chips from the Coastguard chippy @8:11
Lovely! I do enjoy that drive down the A3
I thought I was watching a reboot of The Road for a second with you playing Viggo Mortensen with how dull and empty it was down there. There is a really cool hot rod show I go to on the beach at Funland twice a year which is put on by the local hot rod club; The Victory Wheelers so I have only ever seen it absolutely rammed and sunny, was weird seeing the opposite! The show is mainly held on the beach right next to the roller coasters.
Ha ha yeh it did feel a bit like that at the time I must say! That’s so cool you have been there before and I bet at the show it’s a completely different atmosphere
Moving into one of the top floor flats next month, the view is insane 😫 Also my best friend lives in the one of the houses behind Funland, really beautiful house with lovely views ☺️
That is so cool it’s going to be amazing just waking up every day to those views!
Stayed at the caravan park on the island. Didn't really explore the island much as we went out and about off the island. Did have some nice food at the Barley Mow a few times.
Nice one I’ll have to try out the Barley Mow 👍
@@jackryanmiller of course the other area near by is the New Forest National Park, which is within an hour's drive, depending where on the forest you want to go! 🐎🌳🌲
the D day landings were practised on Hayling Island beach
I had no idea, thanks!
Interesting location! Never heard of this place 😮
I know! I hadn’t either but it looked cool so I had to have a look 🤣
I live here…you should visit it’s extremely busy in summer there 3 large holiday camps and tons of caravan parks it’s so full of entertainment in summer and beautifully quiet in winter ❤
Jack great video 👍😁😎 I think that building is the Crescent. Back in WW2 my late father trained along the beach. In the 1970s used to have family holidays in Southsea and we use to bet the Ferry from Eastney to Hayling. Sandy Poiint use to be nice back then. Look forward to your next video 👍👍😁😎
Ah thanks very much Lee that’s really cool! Interesting you say about Southsea because I’ll have a video on that up in a few weeks 😁
@@jackryanmiller I look forward to seeing the video Jack 👍😁 hope you are enjoying the Bank holiday weekend. Love the drone footage by the way. 👍😁😎
Hi Jack The white building is the Royal Hotel , The railway is a Diesel engine
Thanks very much Graham it’s a grand old building but looks like it’s not being used as a hotel currently
Me and my family go to the park dean caravan park just up the road from Funland, we always go to Paltons park which is not far at all from hayling island, love hayling island
Nice one! I’ve always wants to go Paultons park too it looks decent
My dad's family come from Hayling Island. My uncle passed recently. I don't think I have any relatives living there now.
You need to go to bar 18 eastoke corner such a great night there during the summer
Ooo that sounds amazing 😁
as for the house at the fair? that is the house of the owners of the fair. yes there are a lot of beech huts but i doubt it hits 100 let alone hundreds. Haylings tourist hay day is long past but on a hot sunny day it gets very busy.
Haven't been since 1977 fun fair was the last day of holiday treat
I would have loved to see it in the 70s
How much did your nice pebbly beach cost Hayling?
I grew up on Hayling. It used to have beautiful sandy beaches everywhere, until Havant borough council decided that this was far too exciting and dumped shingle all over them. The reason they actually did this was to lessen tidal damage to the coast, which makes sense of course but still, it's a shame. haha.
Thanks for coming to visit the island. Ur what's known as a grockel (visitor). Not saying to b mean just letting u no about the local lingo 😂. nice video. U missed alot of the good spots, that being said u were only here for the day nd I guess we need to keep some spots to ourselves to get away from the business of the summer months. Maybe u will come bak on a hot school holiday summer's day to c the contrast!
Ha ha that’s amazing and I can’t believe there’s a name for the visitors that’s brilliant 🤣🤣thanks very much I mainly wanted to go down the main stretch of seafront but great to know there’s loads of different bits to explore 😁
Its good I go in the summer for fish and chips cafe on beach
There’s nothing better than fish and chips on the beach
West beach where Inn on the Beach is, is mainly surfers beach
Ahh I see, thanks!
Haha, I grew up on Hayling. It's not so bad - everyone knows everyone. In the winter/cold days it's deserted and in summer its rammed.
Ah yeh I do kind of get that impression, would’ve loved to see it on a really nice hot day!
Plenty of other things to do .. worth a trip to west corner and Ferry boat inn... you should ome back at low tide .. acres of sand
Cheers Pete I’ll defo be back so that’s helpful. I’m keen to try out the ferry to Portsmouth itself
Funland, Billy Butlins first venture in England on his arrival here.
I had no idea, that’s so cool, cheers
a couple of my friends live on hayling island and i used to work with my friend on the island as well for about 2 years. growing up going to the island on summer holidays as a little kid to play in the arcades and go on rides to see how hayling island is now as an adult, its gone downhill since. the arcades and the theme park only now seem to be rental only for birthdays, im unsure if the car boot sale is still ongoing anymore, floods happen on the island super frequently which i used to have to cycle to work thru and while working there, i noticed alot of the rich people are quite self entitled. ive been hit by ignorant drivers, had people bomb over the speed limit past me in their race car, just in 2 years, there had been like 40 different crashes and at least a 5th of them related to misuse of drug/alcohol instances and alot of the people ive talked to and crossed on there at least, arnt the nicest of people.
as for travel on there, it seems to just be far better to walk there rather than get any other form of travel. traffic jams practically run throughout the day and are far worse when there is a flood, theres no longer a railway system going onto the island and hasnt been for i think over 20 years now which has still been an endless ongoing fight to have it put back in and connect back up to the town station it used to be connected to and even by means of cycling and the electric bikes & scooters, u cant always get on the island because of the floods. personally, the only benefit ive come across growing up and going to the island frequently is the billie trail in which the train used to run along. its the only scenic part of the island ik in which is the only benefit to the island.
Hey thanks so much for the comment and that is a really interesting insight. Obviously I was only here for a day so wouldn’t have had a clue about any of those things but it’s good to know, and I must’ve hit the traffic at a good time!
@@jackryanmiller traffic is okay on some days but still busy. yet again, when I worked on the island before. there were few days in which werent so busy traffic wise but most of the week or half of the week, it usually runs pretty much throughout the day. ive never really known traffic going on and off the island to not be busy and thanks to the super tight roads and poor management of those roads and paths as well as only 1 way on and off the island, u can imagine how bad and stressful it can get. add flooding into it and at times, people cant even get on or off the island because of it at times.
That building by the sea is the old “royal hotel”. now it’s flats and called “the crescent” it’s very rough now
Ah thanks that is a shame!
The Crescent and The Royal Hotel are two completely different buildings!
amazing video
Thanks 🙏🤩
@@jackryanmiller you're welcome
Hayling is one of those places lost in time. There's no McDonalds, Aldi, or a "proper" Costa.
Yeh I think that’s what makes me so fascinated, although saying that I see they just got a Dominos Pizza😤
There`s a Lidl tho`.
Yeah visited there 2 yrs ago . Sort of old ish and a bit run down but like going back to older times . I did nt mind it tbf.
Try going back there in the next 20 years you will definitely need wellies 😂😂
Stuck up as they come some of the locals
Such a shame that 😞
Yes empty? If staff were welcoming they would have great business
That is exactly why I didn’t go to Inn on the Beach!
Hayling Island is a lovely place to live. Lots of places to visit , if you’d carried on walking you would have come to sandy point again beautiful views and lots of sand there . 😊
@@jackryanmillerwe don’t go there, staff are rude and it’s overpriced for very little food. we all got only 1 potato each with out roast dinner
@@roscoeswrld5953 yeh that does not surprise me 🤣🤣
@@roscoeswrld5953 ive worked on the island myself and i can agree to some extent that even working at one of the hotel resorts on the island back in 2021 to 2022 before i was made redundant from a bs excuse they made that my supervisors and some workmates were just rude and lazy. i have many stories just working at lakeside there in which ive either been mistreated, forced to carry the burden of other workmates laziness, workmates faking illnesses so they get paid and dont need to come in and when i was a f&b assistant,being 1 of 2 people that whole 2 years i worked there, serving 400 guests or more on our own as the people working on the stands by the guests didnt have to do the main meals. i asked numerous times for a pay raise and they made excuses till they ended up saying no on a technical excuse basis.
its not just the poor working conditions and the workmates but also alot of the guests as well. alot of guests had this very snobby self entitled attitude all because they are rich and think they can treat the workers like crap. now i previously worked as a steward before that job at a horse racing festival in chichester for 2 months so i learned to just deal with whatever shit is thrown at me and ignore it. my workmates on the other hand would openly swear infront of guests as a way to be approachable and informal, often times rude, refuse to serve guests sometimes for good reason and the list goes on. i had even witnessed our head chef at the time come out pissed off that some guest was being an ass and tryna abuse the system to get more free food that he came out shouting at the guests which the whole room could hear. im all for give people a taste of their own medicine but making the whole room go quiet because u have a problem with a specific guest and went to have a go at them for it, doesnt help the company nor does it make it easier for us to have to now deal with the issue when we already have many issues to deal with.
The seaside town they forgot to shut down…
Ha ha is that what it’s known as ? 🤪
@@jackryanmiller Actually Jack it’s a Smith’s lyric from ‘Everyday is like Sunday’ , a song about many of our coastal towns.
Ship inn on a Sunday beef steak roast
Cor that sounds lovely, could do with that now
please leave our island cheers
Boring
Thanks