Birchington-on-Sea is a village in north east Kent, England. It is part of the Thanet district and part of the civil parish of Birchington. It is located 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. 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 sized 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 location of the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Quex Park, a local nineteenth century manor house, is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum along with a twelve-bell tower built for change ringing. The museum contains a large collection of stuffed exotic animals collected by Major Percy Powell-Cotton on his travels in Africa, and also houses artifacts found in and around Birchington by his daughter, Antoinette Powell-Cotton, a keen archaeologist. At the 2011 census, the village had approximately 10,000 residents and around 5,000 households. As a seaside resort, the village has an economy primarily based around tourism, with numerous hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. The sector of employment of residents in 2011 was 16.1 per cent retail, 17.2% health and social work, 5.8% manufacturing, 9.6% building, 4.9% transport and storage, and 4.3% hotels and restaurants. The village shopping centre attracts walk-in trade from vacationers. For all of your property upgrades, make sure that you use trustworthy specialists in Birchington-on-Sea to make sure you get a great quality service.