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Birchington-on-Sea is a village in north east Kent, England. It is a part of the Thanet district and part of the civil parish of Birchington. It is positioned 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 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 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 in addition to 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 per the 2011 census, the village had 9,961 permanent residents and roughly 5,000 households. As a seaside resort, the village’s economy is primarily based around tourism, with various hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. The industry of employment of residents in 2011 was 16.1 per cent retail, 17.2% 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 visitors . For all of your house improvements, be sure that you employ trusted pros in Birchington-on-Sea to ensure you get a great quality service.