Elmstone
Elmstone is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Preston, in the Dover district, in East Kent, England.

Elmstone is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Preston, in the Dover district, in East Kent, England. It is situated between Canterbury and Sandwich. The Domesday Book of 1086 records Elmstone as 'Aelvetone'. In 1086 the recorded population was 3 households. In 1931 the parish had a population of 117. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Preston, part also went to Wingham.
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Worth seeing in and around Elmstone
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01All Saints Church, West Stourmouth
All Saints Church, West Stourmouth, is a redundant Anglican church in the civil parish of Stourmouth, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.9 km · church in West Stourmouth, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Mary's Church, Wingham
St Mary's Church, Wingham, is an Anglican parish church in Wingham, Kent. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
3.4 km · church in Wingham, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Wingham Wildlife Park
Wingham Wildlife Park is a medium-sized wildlife park situated near Wingham, Kent, United Kingdom where it covers an area of 26 acres. In 2011, the species count at the park reached 180 species, growing to over 200 in 2013 covering fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates and birds.
2 km · zoo in Kent, England · Wikipedia - 04Elmstone Church
Elmstone Church is an Anglican church in the village of Elmstone in Kent, England. The church dates back to the 13th century, and was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1963.
300 m · church building in Elmstone, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Preston Marshes
Preston Marshes is a 43.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Canterbury in Kent. This site in the valley of the River Little Stour is dominated by common reed, with areas of willow scrub and pasture.
3 km · site in east of Canterbury in Kent · Wikipedia - 06Canon Cottage The Old Canonry
Wingham is a village and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England. It contains 98 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.
3.4 km · Grade I listed building in Wingham, Kent, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Elmstone
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 96 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 101 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 114 km
- Stations
- Ash Town railway station, 3 km · Staple railway station, 2.8 km · Wingham (Canterbury Road) railway station, 3.8 km · Wingham Colliery railway station, 3.3 km · Wingham Town railway station, 3.6 km
- London → Elmstone6 km · quickest by road, 33 min · £0.5–1
- London, Essex → Elmstone6 km · quickest by road, 33 min · £0.5–1
- Luton, Luton → Elmstone47 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £5–7
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Elmstone
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Elmstone. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIt also gives advice on how best to see the city by bike, having put together several good guides to local rides, including on road, off road, and dedicated path routes.
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Next door to Elmstone
- Winghamvillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK3.2 km
- Stourmouthcivil parish in Kent, United Kingdom2.5 km
- Ashvillage and civil parish in the Dover district of east Kent, England2.9 km
- Staplevillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK3.5 km
- Prestonvillage near Wingham, Dover, Kent, England1.7 km
- Plucks Gutterhamlet in Kent, United Kingdom3.4 km