Birchington-on-Sea is a village within north east Kent, England. It's a part of the Thanet district and a 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. The village's Minnis Bay is a family beach with attractions like 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 originally 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 constructed 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 discovered in and around Birchington by his daughter, Antoinette Powell-Cotton, a keen archaeologist. In the 2011 census, the village had around 9,961 residents and around 5,000 households. As a seaside resort, the village's economy is based around tourism, with various hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. The industry of employment of residents in 2011 was 16.1% retail, 17.2% health and social work, 5.8 per cent manufacturing, 9.6 per cent construction, 4.9 per cent transport and storage, and 4.3% hotels and restaurants. The village shopping centre attracts walk-in trade from tourists. For all of your house upgrades, make sure that you use vetted pros in Birchington-on-Sea to make sure you get a fantastic quality service.