Birchington-on-Sea is a village within north east Kent, England. It is a part of the Thanet district and forms a 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 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 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 nineteenth century manor house, is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum and 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 features artifacts found 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 4,944 households. As a seaside resort, the village has an economy primarily based around tourism, with various hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. The sector of employment of residents in 2011 was 16.1 per cent retail, 17.2 per cent health and social work, 5.8 per cent manufacturing, 9.6 per cent construction, 4.9% transport and storage, and 4.3% hotels and restaurants. The village shopping centre attracts walk-in trade from vacationers. For all your property improvement tasks, make sure that you employ trusted specialists in Birchington-on-Sea to ensure that you get the best quality service.