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Birchington
Birchington-on-Sea is a village in north east Kent, England. It is a part of the Thanet district and forms part of the civil parish of Birchington. It lies 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 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 initially recorded in 1240. Its parish church, All Saints', dates back 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 along with a twelve-bell tower constructed for change ringing. The museum contains a substantial 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. As per 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 several 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% construction, 4.9% transport and storage, and 4.3 per cent hotels and restaurants. The village shopping centre attracts walk-in trade from tourists. For all your home improvement jobs, be sure that you employ reputable specialists in Birchington-on-Sea to ensure that you get the very best quality service.
