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.

Towns to visit near Elmley Island include Faversham, Broadstairs, St Peter's, Ramsgate, Chatham, Margate, and Dover.

The area around Elmley Island boasts some of the best historic buildings including Nuckell's Alsmshouses, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Palace Cinema, Clock Tower Broadstairs, The Look Out House, Bleak House, and Home for Smack Boys.

Elmley Island has some unmissable beaches nearby like Viking Bay, and Dumpton Gap.

The area close to Elmley Island boasts some of the best parks including Victoria Gardens.

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

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

The area around Elmley Island features a number of interesting shopping centres including Royal Victoria Place, and Bluewater Shopping Centre.

Canterbury is one of Elmley Island's best, nearby cities to visit in Elmley Island.

Don't miss Tonbridge Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Elmley Island.

Elmley Island has some unmissable country parks nearby like Haysden Country Park, and Barton's Point Coastal Park.

Don't miss Barden Lake's lakes if visiting the area around Elmley Island.

Barton's Point Coastal Park is one of Elmley Island's best, nearby coastal parks to visit in Elmley Island.

Elmley Island is near some unmissable airports like Lydd Airport,

Elmley Island History

There are some historic monuments around Elmley Island:

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