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Birchington-on-Sea is a village in north east Kent, England. It’s part of the Thanet district and forms part of the civil parish of Birchington. It is located 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 location. Minnis Bay, in the village is a family beach with attractions like 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 first 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 19th-century manor house, is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum along with a twelve-bell tower built for change ringing. The museum boasts a big collection of stuffed exotic animals collected by Major Percy Powell-Cotton on his travels in Africa, and also features artifacts unearthed in and around Birchington by his daughter, Antoinette Powell-Cotton, a keen archaeologist. As recorded in the 2011 census, the village had 10,000 residents and 5,000 households. As a seaside resort, the village’s economy is primarily based around tourism, with a number of hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. The industry of employment of residents in 2011 was 16.1% retail, 17.2 per cent health and social work, 5.8 per cent manufacturing, 9.6 per cent building, 4.9% transport and storage, and 4.3 per cent hotels and restaurants. The village shopping centre attracts walk-in trade from tourists. For all of your property upgrades, ensure that you use trustworthy professionals in Birchington-on-Sea to make sure you get a good quality service.