Hayling Island trains, buses, doctors and schools
Figures last changed 2 November 2026. House prices for Hayling Island are on the main Hayling Island page.
- Nearest station
- Havant
- a median 7.3 km away
- Weekday trains
- 183
- leave Havant, 7am to 7pm, all ways
- Hourly bus
- 86%
- of postcodes within 400 m of one
- Gigabit broadband
- 82%
- of premises, Ofcom January 2026
Can you live in Hayling Island without a car?
In parts: some streets are close to a station or a frequent bus, but the everyday basics are further away.
Nearest train station to Hayling Island and trains to London
The nearest station without crossing the water is Havant, a median 7.3 km away. It recorded 2,082,866 entries and exits between April 2024 and March 2025. On the timetable for a term-time weekday (17 November 2026), 90 trains leave Havant towards Portsmouth, 34 towards Petersfield and 59 towards Chichester between 7am and 7pm, between seven and eight an hour towards Portsmouth, about three an hour towards Petersfield and about five an hour towards Chichester; westbound they run to Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central, northbound to London Waterloo, eastbound to Brighton and Horsham. A direct train typically takes 14 minutes to Chichester, 14 minutes to Portsmouth and Southsea and 1 hour 30 minutes to London Waterloo.
Hayling Island buses and bus times
On the same weekday (17 November 2026), 86% of postcodes have a bus route within 400 metres with at least 12 journeys each way between 7am and 7pm, one an hour on average, on routes including the 632, 30 and 31.
Hayling Island doctors, schools and shops
The nearest GP surgery for most postcodes is the Elms Practice, a median 1.1 km away; the nearest state primary school is Mengham Infant School (1.0 km) and the nearest state secondary the Hayling College (1.4 km), which is not necessarily the catchment school. The nearest food shop for most postcodes is Wey to Go Zero Waste (0.3 km).
Hayling Island broadband
Gigabit broadband reaches 82% of premises and superfast 99%, averaged across 433 of Hayling Island's 472 postcodes (Ofcom, January 2026).
Distances are straight lines from each postcode's centre point, and every postcode counts once, however many homes it has.
Source: NaPTAN rail stations (Department for Transport) · ORR estimates of station usage · Bus Open Data Service timetables (Department for Transport) · NHS Organisation Data Service GP surgeries · Get Information about Schools (Department for Education) · OpenStreetMap shops, © OpenStreetMap contributors · Ofcom Connected Nations broadband coverage.
Getting around in nearby places
- Havant: Yes, more easily than in most places we cover. The nearest station is Havant, a median 0.5 km away.
- Southbourne: Yes, more easily than in most places we cover. The nearest station is Southbourne, a median 0.6 km away.
- Emsworth: In much of it, yes, though not all: the basics are within a walk, but frequent buses reach only part of it. The nearest station is Emsworth, a median 0.8 km away.
- West Wittering: In much of it, yes, though not all: the basics are within a walk, but frequent buses reach only part of it. The nearest station without crossing the water is Chichester, a median 9.6 km away.
Figures cover 472 postcodes in Hayling Island. How these figures are made.