Hopes rise for the Pride of Hayling

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The Hayling Island ferry

Published in the Portsmouth News on 5th February 2016
Story by Ray Cobbett from Havant Friends of the Earth

The closing of the Hayling Island ferry last year after 30 years of service caused consternation among residents of all ages and visitors alike.

The 300-metre link between Portsea and south Hayling has worked for hundreds of years and was once operated by rowing boats and then by steam.

In more recent times the Pride of Hayling ploughed to and from Eastney completing some 70,000 individual passenger trips in the year before being withdrawn and then sold to new owners.

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