Hayling Island is characterised by predominantly interwar and post-war bungalows and chalets, with a strong holiday-coastal character, which shapes how Resin Bonded Surfacing gets specified here: aggregate broadcast and rolled onto a resin adhesive layer, giving a textured, gravel-like finish. The typical job in Hayling Island itself deals with seasonal visitor traffic alongside standard bungalow frontages, and severe salt-air exposure and a genuine flood risk given the island’s single-bridge, largely low-lying position. It suits larger areas and verges being resurfaced over an already sound, level base, and it is worth knowing that it keeps more texture underfoot than resin bound, which suits some frontages better than others.
About Resin Bonded Surfacing
Resin bonded surfacing works differently to resin bound: a resin adhesive is spread over the prepared base and the aggregate is then broadcast and rolled onto that wet layer, so only the underside of each stone is bonded and the top surface keeps its natural, textured, gravel-like appearance and grip. It is generally laid in a single layer rather than the full-depth mix used for resin bound, which makes it a economical option for covering larger areas, verges, and pathways where the fully smooth resin-bound look isn’t essential. The finish is more textured underfoot than resin bound and, because it is a thinner system, it is usually specified over a genuinely sound and level existing base rather than as a full standalone rebuild.
Best suited to: larger areas, verges, and pathways being resurfaced over an already sound, level base
Less suited to: a fully smooth barefoot-friendly finish, or sites needing a full structural rebuild rather than a resurface
Ground & property in Hayling Island
Hayling Island is reached by a single bridge, and its sandy, free-draining coastal ground sits well below the exposure the rest of the catchment sees — genuinely severe salt-air weathering is a fact of life here, on top of the flood risk that comes with a largely low-lying island position. The housing is predominantly interwar and post-war bungalows and chalets with a strong holiday-coastal character.
Coastal / flood note: severe salt-air exposure and a genuine flood risk given the island’s single-bridge, largely low-lying position