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Birchington-on-Sea is a village in north east Kent, England. It is part of the Thanet district and forms 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. Minnis Bay, in the village is a family beach with attractions such as 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 13th 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 built for change ringing. The museum consists of a substantial collection of stuffed exotic animals collected by Major Percy Powell-Cotton on his travels in Africa, and also boasts artifacts found in and around Birchington by his daughter, Antoinette Powell-Cotton, a keen archaeologist. As recorded in the 2011 census, the village had roughly 9,961 permanent residents and roughly 5,000 households. As a seaside resort, the village has an economy primarily based around tourism, with various 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% manufacturing, 9.6 per cent construction, 4.9 per cent transport and storage, and 4.3 per cent hotels and restaurants. The village shopping centre attracts walk-in trade from tourists. For all your house upgrades, ensure that you employ trustworthy pros in Birchington-on-Sea to ensure that you get the top quality service.