[1] Its present national nature reserve covers more than the easily traceable area of the former isle by extending to the east, over Windmill Creek, one of two Sheppey inlets, former internal tidal channels.

[3] It consisted of the Turkey Cement Works, which was the major employer for the area, as well as a school, a church, a public house and 30 dwellings.

Elmley School closed in the 1920s and the church was demolished in the 1960s leaving memorials of graves.

[5] The last surviving buildings of the village are the Grade II listed 'Kingshill Farmhouse'[6] and 'Kingshill Farmhouse Barn'[7] In the 1970s a bird reserve was established on the marshes, the centrepiece of the Elmley National Nature Reserve, owned and managed by Elmley Conservation Trust.

[8] It covers 3,250 acres (13.2 km2), more than the easily traceable area of the former isle and is one of the largest bird reserves in England.