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Birchington-on-Sea is a village within north east Kent, England. It’s a part of the Thanet district and forms a part of the civil parish of Birchington. It sits on the coast facing the North Sea, east of the Thames Estuary, in 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 which include sailing, windsurfing, a paddling pool and coastal walking routes. Its 3 smaller sized 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 13th century and its churchyard is the burial location of the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Quex Park, a nearby 19th-century manor house, is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum and also a twelve-bell tower built for change ringing. The museum features a substantial collection of stuffed exotic animals collected by Major Percy Powell-Cotton on his travels in Africa, and also features artifacts discovered in and around Birchington by his daughter, Antoinette Powell-Cotton, a keen archaeologist. As recorded in the 2011 census, the village had around 9,961 permanent residents and 4,944 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% retail, 17.2 per cent health and social work, 5.8% manufacturing, 9.6% construction, 4.9% transport and storage, and 4.3% hotels and restaurants. The village shopping centre attracts walk-in trade from tourists. For all your house improvement jobs, ensure that you utilise reliable professionals in Birchington-on-Sea to make sure you get a great quality service.