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.

There are a number of historic buildings near Elmley Island 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.

The area around Elmley Island features a number of interesting beaches including Viking Bay, and Dumpton Gap.

There are a several good parks in the area around Elmley Island like Victoria Gardens.

Elmley Island is near some unmissable museums like Ramsgate Maritime Museum,

Elmley Island's best nearby castles can be found at Dover Castle, Rochester Castle, Leeds Castle, and Tonbridge Castle.

Don't miss Royal Victoria Place, and Bluewater Shopping Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Elmley Island.

Elmley Island is near some unmissable cities like Canterbury,

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

Haysden Country Park, and Barton's Point Coastal Park are great places to visit near Elmley Island if you like country parks.

The area close to Elmley Island boasts some of the best lakes including Barden Lake.

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

There are a number of airports near to Elmley Island including Lydd Airport.

Elmley Island History

There are some historic monuments around Elmley Island:

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