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Birchington

Birchington-on-Sea is a village in north east Kent, England. It is a part of the Thanet district and a part of the civil parish of Birchington. It is located 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. Minnis Bay, in the village is a family beach with attractions which include sailing, windsurfing, a paddling pool and coastal walking routes. Its three 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 to the thirteenth century and its churchyard is the burial place 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 as well as a twelve-bell tower built for change ringing. The museum boasts a significant 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. In the 2011 census, the village had around 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% retail, 17.2% 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 visitors to the area. For all your home improvement work, make certain that you use trusted specialists in Birchington-on-Sea to ensure you get the best quality service.