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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 found 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 location. The village’s Minnis Bay is a family beach with attractions which include 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 initially 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 and a twelve-bell tower constructed for change ringing. The museum consists of a sizeable collection of stuffed exotic animals collected by Major Percy Powell-Cotton on his travels in Africa, and also houses artifacts unearthed in and around Birchington by his daughter, Antoinette Powell-Cotton, a keen archaeologist. In the 2011 census, the village had around 10,000 permanent residents and roughly 5,000 households. As a seaside resort, the village’s economy is primarily based around tourism, with many hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. The industry of employment of residents in 2011 was 16.1% retail, 17.2 per cent 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 vacationers. For all your home upgrades, be certain that you utilise trustworthy specialists in Birchington-on-Sea to ensure that you get a good quality service.