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Birchington

Birchington-on-Sea is a village within 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, 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 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 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 local 19th-century manor house, is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum as well as a twelve-bell tower constructed for change ringing. The museum boasts a considerable 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. As recorded in the 2011 census, the village had 9,961 residents and around 4,944 households. As a seaside resort, the village has an economy primarily based around tourism, with several 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 per cent manufacturing, 9.6 per cent construction, 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 home improvement projects, be sure that you utilise reputable experts in Birchington-on-Sea to ensure that you get the best quality service.