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.

Don't miss Faversham, Broadstairs, St Peter's, Ramsgate, Chatham, Margate, and Dover's towns if visiting the area around Elmley Island.

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.

Don't miss Viking Bay, and Dumpton Gap's beaches if visiting the area around Elmley Island.

Parks to visit near Elmley Island include Victoria Gardens.

Ramsgate Maritime Museum is a great place to visit close to Elmley Island if you like museums.

Elmley Island has some unmissable castles nearby like 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 a great place to visit close to Elmley Island if you like cities.

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

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

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

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

Places near Elmley Island feature a number of interesting airports including Lydd Airport.

Elmley Island History

There are some historic monuments around Elmley Island:

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