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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Isle of Thanet, Minster-in-Thanet, Birchington-on-Sea, Westgate-on-Sea, Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Margate, RAF Manston, Goodwin Sands, Thanet local elections, Cinque Ports, North Thanet, Thanet Wind Farm, South Thanet, List of people from Thanet, Northern Belle, Birchington West, Thanet District Council, Dumpton Park railway station, Westwood Cross, Manston, Kent, Saxon Shore Way, Academy FM, Birchington East, Hoverlloyd, St Peters, Kent, KMFM Thanet, Cliftonville, North Foreland, Acol, Kent, St Nicholas-at-Wade, Monkton, Kent, Eastry Rural District, Ebbsfleet, Thanet, Isle of Thanet Rural District, Minster railway station, Westbrook, Kent, Garlinge, Varne Bank, Thanet Earth, Birchington North, Mid Kent, Pegwell Bay, Birchington-on-Sea railway station, Newington, Thanet, Broadstairs and St Peter's, Thanet East, Sarre, Kent, Cliffsend, Palm Bay, Kent, Foreness Point, A nous les petites Anglaises, Thanet West, Kingsgate Castle, Westgate-on-Sea railway station, Westwood, Kent, Brooks End, Sevenscore, Flete. Excerpt: Birchington-on-Sea is a village in northeast Kent, England, with a population of around 9,800. It is part of the Thanet district and forms 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 notable tourist and retirement destination. The village's Minnis Bay is a family beach with attractions such as sailing, windsurfing, a paddling pool and coastal walking routes. Its three smaller beaches are surrounded by chalk cliffs, cliff stacks and caves. The village was first 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 19t...
