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Langstone is a small village on the south coast on England, forming a conurbation with Havant to its North. It is home to a sailing club and several historically significant buildings, including a converted millhouse. The mill pond that used to supply the millhouse is now a bird sanctuary.The village used to have rail links with Hayling Island and Havant in the form of the Hayling Billy railway, however the lines have since been torn up and the route replaced with a cyclepath. The remains of the Hayling Billy rail bridge can still be seen.
It is connected by a single-carridgeway road and foot bridge to Hayling Island to the South; as this road, the A3023, is the only road connection from the island to the mainland, rush-hour traffic is usually a major problem, with queues a kilometer long not uncommon. A low-tide footpath to the island used to exist, however it is no longer usable as the waters were deepened to allow the passage of larger vessels. Langstone Harbour lies to the west of the bridge; Chichester Harbour to the east.
Flooding can be a problem in the village, and many buildings on Langstone High Street have slots for wooden barriers on their door frames.
Thorney Island and Portsea Island are both clearly visible from the village coast.
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