Birchington
Birchington-on-Sea is a village in north east Kent, England. It is a part of the Thanet district and forms a part of the civil parish of Birchington. It is positioned 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. Minnis Bay, in the village 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 1st recorded in 1240. Its parish church, All Saints', dates back to the 13th century and its churchyard is the burial location of the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Quex Park, a nearby 19th-century manor house, is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum along with a twelve-bell tower built for change ringing. The museum boasts a sizeable collection of stuffed exotic animals collected by Major Percy Powell-Cotton on his travels in Africa, and also boasts 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 residents and around 5,000 households. As a seaside resort, the village's economy is based around tourism, with many hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. The sector of employment of residents in 2011 was 16.1% retail, 17.2% health and social work, 5.8 per cent manufacturing, 9.6% construction, 4.9% transport and storage, and 4.3 per cent hotels and restaurants. The village shopping centre attracts walk-in trade from vacationers. For all your house improvement jobs, be sure that you utilise trustworthy specialists in Birchington-on-Sea to ensure you get the best quality service.
