Flooring Renovation in Birchington

Birchington

Birchington-on-Sea is a village in north east Kent, England. It is part of the Thanet district and a part of the civil parish of Birchington. It is found 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 3 smaller beaches are surrounded by chalk cliffs, cliff stacks and caves. The village was 1st 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 local 19th-century manor house, is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum along with a twelve-bell tower constructed for change ringing. The museum consists of a considerable collection of stuffed exotic animals collected by Major Percy Powell-Cotton on his travels in Africa, and also features artifacts found in and around Birchington by his daughter, Antoinette Powell-Cotton, a keen archaeologist. As recorded in the 2011 census, the village had around 10,000 residents and roughly 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 industry of employment of residents in 2011 was 16.1 per cent retail, 17.2 per cent health and social work, 5.8 per cent manufacturing, 9.6 per cent 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 visitors to the area. For all of your home improvement work, be sure that you employ trustworthy professionals in Birchington-on-Sea to ensure you get the top quality service.