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UK & IRELAND SOUTH COAST DESTINATIONS


south Due


Katie McGonagle finds out how to sell


heritage sites on the coast near Portsmouth @katie_mcgonagle


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etween brightly coloured beach huts lined up along


the coast, kids furiously licking 99 flakes, deckchairs sitting in the shade of stripy windbreakers and even a little heritage railway pootling past the seafront, this could have been the British seaside circa 1950, not just this month. In fact, the only thing that seemed out of place here was the blazing sunshine bathing us in 30C heat – but let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth.


We were on the seafront of


Hayling Island, the islet just off the south coast between Portsmouth and Chichester Harbour, connected by a road bridge to the mainland and within easy reach of its much bigger neighbour, the Isle of Wight. This classic British seaside


resort is much beloved of water sports fans, who could be seen dragging tiny dinghies and kayaks into the water – it’s even the spot where windsurfing was invented. Yet it’s also a good


base for a leisurely tour of some south coast history, from Roman ruins and medieval cathedrals to Henry VIII’s seafaring escapades.


w HAYLING ISLAND It’s been a seaside resort for pretty much as long as the British public has been flocking in search of sand and sea (and if they’re lucky like us, sun), with its first hotel opening in 1825. So no wonder it’s where Captain Harry Warner chose to build a series of holiday camps in


the 1930s, including Coronation Camp in 1937, taking its name from King George VI’s accession to the throne that year. Other than a brief interlude as Second World War naval barracks HMS Northney, it’s been bringing British holidaymakers to the seaside ever since – albeit now under a new name, Lakeside Coastal Village. It’s just a few minutes’ drive or a pleasant walk from the seafront, which is mostly shingle bar a few sandy spots at low


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FAST FACT


Hayling Island was the site of a rehearsal for the D-Day landings in Normandy, dubbed Exercise Fabius


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