Birchington
Birchington-on-Sea is a village in the Thanet district in Kent, England, with a population of 10,392. Note that the village's name is actually Birchington - 'Birchington-on-Sea' is the name of the railway station, not the whole village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 9,960 residents
- Description: village in north-east Kent, England
- Also known as: “Birchington-on-Sea” and “Birchington-on-Sea, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Birchington Methodist Chapel and The Powell Arms Public House.
Birchington Methodist Chapel
Church
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birchington Methodist Chapel is a church.
Birchington-on-Sea railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rick Ryder, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birchington-on-Sea railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Birchington-on-Sea, Kent. It is 70 miles 56 chains down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Herne Bay and Westgate-on-Sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westgate-on-Sea and Garlinge.
Westgate-on-Sea
Town
Photo: Rick Ryder, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westgate-on-Sea is a seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of Kent, England. It is within the Thanet local government district and borders the larger seaside resort of Margate.
Garlinge
Suburb
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garlinge is a village and suburb of Margate, in the Thanet district, in Kent, England, situated 2 miles southwest of the centre of the town. Garlinge is situated 2 miles east of Birchington.
Westbrook
Suburb
Photo: JoshTilley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Westbrook is a Victorian seaside resort on the Thanet peninsula in the southeast corner of England. It is the westernmost part of Margate and is part of the ribbon development of the north Kent coast. Westgate-on-Sea lies to the west. Westbrook is situated 2½ miles east of Birchington.
Birchington
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Birchington, Thanet District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.37388° or 51° 22′ 26″ northLongitude
1.30707° or 1° 18′ 25″ eastPopulation
9,960Elevation
85 feet (26 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BCIOpen location code
9F3398F4+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 343259328OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Birchington” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բրայթոն ոն Սի”
- Basque: “Birchington-on-the-Sea”
- Belarusian: “Барчынгтан-он-Сі”
- Bengali: “বিরচিংটন”
- Catalan: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- Cebuano: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- Chinese: “滨海比尔琴顿”
- Chinese: “濱海比爾琴頓”
- Czech: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- Dutch: “Birchington on Sea”
- Dutch: “Birchington-on-Sea, Kent”
- Dutch: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- Dutch: “Birchington”
- French: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- German: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- Greek: “Μπέρτσινγκτον-ον-Σι”
- Gujarati: “બિર્ચિંગટન-ઓન-સી”
- Hebrew: “בירצ’ינגטון על הים”
- Italian: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- Japanese: “バーチントン”
- Japanese: “バーチントン＝オン＝シー”
- Kannada: “ಬಿರ್ಚಿಂಗ್ಟನ್-ಆನ್-ಸೀ”
- Korean: “버칭턴”
- Lithuanian: “Birčingtonas”
- Persian: “بیرچینگتون آن سی”
- Polish: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- Portuguese: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- Russian: “Барчингтон он Си”
- Spanish: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- Swedish: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- Swedish: “Birchington”
- Tamil: “பிரசிங்டன்-ஆண்-ஸீ”
- Telugu: “బిర్చింగ్టన్ -ఆన్-సీ”
- Turkish: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- Urdu: “بیرچینجٹن-ون-سیا”
- Welsh: “Birchington-on-Sea”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Powell Arms and All Saints Church.
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