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.

There are a number of towns near Elmley Island including Faversham, Broadstairs, St Peter's, Ramsgate, Chatham, Margate, and Dover.

Nuckell's Alsmshouses, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Palace Cinema, Clock Tower Broadstairs, The Look Out House, Bleak House, and Home for Smack Boys are some of Elmley Island best historic buildings to visit near Elmley Island.

There are a number of beaches near Elmley Island including Viking Bay, and Dumpton Gap.

The area around Elmley Island's best parks can be found at Victoria Gardens.

Places near Elmley Island feature a number of interesting museums including Ramsgate Maritime Museum.

Dover Castle, Rochester Castle, Leeds Castle, and Tonbridge Castle are some of Elmley Island best castles to visit near Elmley Island.

There are a number of shopping centres near Elmley Island including Royal Victoria Place, and Bluewater Shopping Centre.

Cities to visit near Elmley Island include Canterbury.

The area around Elmley Island's best ruins can be found at Tonbridge Castle.

The area around Elmley Island features a number of interesting country parks including Haysden Country Park, and Barton's Point Coastal Park.

Barden Lake is one of Elmley Island's best, nearby lakes to visit in Elmley Island.

The area close to Elmley Island boasts some of the best coastal parks including Barton's Point Coastal Park.

Don't miss Lydd Airport's airports if visiting the area around Elmley Island.

Elmley Island History

There are some historic monuments around Elmley Island:

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