Elmley Island is a Area in the county of Kent.

Retail in Elmley Island

There are great places to visit near Elmley Island including some great towns, historic buildings, beaches, parks, museums, castles, shopping centres, cities, ruins, country parks, lakes, coastal parks and airports.

Elmley Island's best nearby towns can be found at Faversham, Broadstairs, St Peter's, Ramsgate, Chatham, Margate, and Dover.

Don't miss Nuckell's Alsmshouses, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Palace Cinema, Clock Tower Broadstairs, The Look Out House, Bleak House, and Home for Smack Boys's historic buildings if visiting the area around Elmley Island.

Viking Bay, and Dumpton Gap are great places to visit near Elmley Island if you like beaches.

Victoria Gardens is one of Elmley Island's best, nearby parks to visit in Elmley Island.

Museums to visit near Elmley Island include Ramsgate Maritime Museum.

The area around Elmley Island boasts some of the best castles including Dover Castle, Rochester Castle, Leeds Castle, and Tonbridge Castle.

Royal Victoria Place, and Bluewater Shopping Centre are some of Elmley Island best shopping centres to visit near Elmley Island.

There are a number of cities near to Elmley Island including Canterbury.

Tonbridge Castle is one of Elmley Island's best, nearby ruins to visit in Elmley Island.

Country Parks to visit near Elmley Island include Haysden Country Park, and Barton's Point Coastal Park.

Barden Lake is a great place to visit close to Elmley Island if you like lakes.

Coastal Parks to visit near Elmley Island include Barton's Point Coastal Park.

Lydd Airport is a great place to visit close to Elmley Island if you like airports.

Elmley Island History

There are some historic monuments around Elmley Island:

• The Maison Dieu, a 16th century house incorporating part of a medieval hospital
• A Romano-British mausoleum, an associated Romano-British building and a parish church at Stone-by-Faversham
• 'Castle Rough' Medieval moated site
• Sheerness Defences: C19 gun emplacements and magazines and early-C20 gun towers, fire-control building and pillbox on the Centre Bastion
• Oare gunpowder works
• Chart gunpowder mills
• World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS2), 300m east of Chetney Cottages
• Queenborough Lines
• Shurland House: early 16th century Great House and associated remains
• Queenborough Castle
• Coastal artillery defences on the Isle of Grain, immediately east and south east of Grain village
• Murston Old Church, Sittingbourne
• Sheerness defences
• Nunnery at Minster Abbey