Birchington-on-Sea, Coastal village in Kent, England
Birchington-on-Sea stretches along the north Kent coast with three beaches bordered by white chalk cliffs and natural caves facing the North Sea.
The settlement, first documented in 1240 as Birchenton, derives its name from a farm where birch trees grew and contains Roman archaeological discoveries.
The Powell-Cotton Museum at Quex Park houses more than 500 preserved animals from Africa and Asia displayed in natural habitat settings.
The railway station on the Chatham Main Line offers regular train services to London Victoria and connects to nearby towns like Margate and Canterbury.
The All Saints Church cemetery contains the grave of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who founded the Pre-Raphaelite art movement in the nineteenth century.
Location: Birchington
Shares border with: Thames Estuary
GPS coordinates: 51.37694,1.30500
Latest update: May 27, 2025 08:53
Quex Park
1.3 km
Royal Sea Bathing Hospital
4.3 km
Powell-Cotton Museum
1.3 km
Carlton Cinema
2.3 km
Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Monkton
4.7 km
Church of All Saints
368 m
Church of St Saviour
2.3 km
Church of Saint Nicholas
4.5 km
Church of All Saints
4.4 km
Waterloo Tower In Grounds Of Quex Park
1.7 km
Birchington Methodist Chapel
442 m
Gun Tower In The Grounds Of Quex Park
1.1 km
2 Statues In Centre Of Lily Pond At Quex Park
1.3 km
K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside The Church
346 m
Nayland Rock Hotel
4.6 km
Water Tower At Margate Station
4.6 km
The Powell Arms Public House
351 m
Birchington and Acol War Memorial and memorial enclosure
381 m
Statue of Erasmus Wilson to South of Royal Sea Bathing Hospital
4.4 km
Nayland Rock
4.6 km
Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum
4.3 km
Smugglers' Cafe
378 m
199, Canterbury Road
448 m
1-13, Buenos Ayres
4.8 km
Monkton War Memorial
4.6 km
Laburnum
324 m
Quex House
1.3 km
4 Bronze Gun Carriages Situated In Front Of The Powell Cotton Museum Building
1.3 kmReviews
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