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Birchington-on-Sea is a village in north east Kent, England. It’s a part of the Thanet district and forms part of the civil parish of Birchington. It lies on the coast facing the North Sea, east of the Thames Estuary, between the seaside resorts of Herne Bay and Margate. As a seaside resort, the village is a tourist and retirement destination. The village’s Minnis Bay is a family beach with attractions including sailing, windsurfing, a paddling pool and coastal walking routes. Its three smaller beaches are surrounded by chalk cliffs, cliff stacks and caves. The village was originally recorded in 1240. Its parish church, All Saints’, dates back to the thirteenth century and its churchyard is the burial location of the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Quex Park, a nearby nineteenth century manor house, is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum and also a twelve-bell tower constructed for change ringing. The museum includes a substantial collection of stuffed exotic animals collected by Major Percy Powell-Cotton on his travels in Africa, and also houses artifacts discovered in and around Birchington by his daughter, Antoinette Powell-Cotton, a keen archaeologist. In the 2011 census, the village had approximately 9,961 permanent residents and around 5,000 households. As a seaside resort, the village’s economy is based around tourism, with a number of hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. The sector of employment of residents in 2011 was 16.1 per cent retail, 17.2 per cent health and social work, 5.8% manufacturing, 9.6% building, 4.9 per cent transport and storage, and 4.3 per cent hotels and restaurants. The village shopping centre attracts walk-in trade from tourists. For all your property upgrades, make sure that you employ trusted professionals in Birchington-on-Sea to ensure you get the very best quality service.