Birchington
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, in 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 3 smaller beaches are surrounded by chalk cliffs, cliff stacks and caves. The village was first 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 nineteenth century manor house, is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum in addition to a twelve-bell tower built for change ringing. The museum includes a big 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. In the 2011 census, the village had 10,000 residents and around 4,944 households. As a seaside resort, the village has an economy primarily based around tourism, with a number of 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 per cent manufacturing, 9.6% building, 4.9% transport and storage, and 4.3% hotels and restaurants. The village shopping centre attracts walk-in trade from tourists. For all of your home improvements, make certain that you utilise trusted professionals in Birchington-on-Sea to ensure that you get the top quality service.
