Human settlement in England

Elmstone

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

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London → Elmstone
6 km · quickest by road, 33 min · £0.5–1
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London, Essex → Elmstone
6 km · quickest by road, 33 min · £0.5–1
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Luton, Luton → Elmstone
47 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £5–7
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The field note

What is in and around Elmstone, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Elmstone has

YScheduled flightsLondon, Essex (STN), 96 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
YFerriesDover 2, 20 km, DFDS; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Canterbury, 12 km.

51.295°, 1.245°

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.

How locals move

Getting around Elmstone the local way

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.

From Wikivoyage: Canterbury (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.