Birchington is a Town in the county of Kent.

Birchington postcode: CT7 9AB

Retail in Birchington

There are great places to visit near Birchington including some great towns, historic buildings, beaches, parks, museums, castles, shopping centres, cities, ruins, country parks, lakes, coastal parks and airports.

Faversham, Broadstairs, St Peter's, Ramsgate, Chatham, Margate, and Dover are great places to visit near Birchington if you like towns.

The area around Birchington boasts some of the best historic buildings including Nuckell's Alsmshouses, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Palace Cinema, Clock Tower Broadstairs, The Look Out House, Bleak House, and Home for Smack Boys.

Beaches to visit near Birchington include Viking Bay, and Dumpton Gap.

There are a number of parks near to Birchington including Victoria Gardens.

Birchington is near some unmissable museums like Ramsgate Maritime Museum,

There are a number of castles near Birchington including Dover Castle, Rochester Castle, Leeds Castle, and Tonbridge Castle.

Birchington's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Royal Victoria Place, and Bluewater Shopping Centre.

Canterbury is one of Birchington's best, nearby cities to visit in Birchington.

Don't miss Tonbridge Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Birchington.

Haysden Country Park, and Barton's Point Coastal Park are some of Birchington best country parks to visit near Birchington.

Birchington is near some unmissable lakes like Barden Lake,

There are a number of coastal parks near to Birchington including Barton's Point Coastal Park.

Birchington is near some unmissable airports like Lydd Airport,

Birchington History

There are some historic monuments around Birchington:

• Sandwich town walls: section from Woodnesborough Gate to Canterbury Gate
• Salmestone Grange
• Ring ditch and enclosure 200yds (180m) E of Parsonage Farm
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated remains at Monkton, 550m north of Walters Hall Farm
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery S of Ozengell Grange
• Monastic grange and pre-Conquest nunnery at Minster Abbey
• Site of medieval port, Stonar
• Enclosure and ring ditches 200yds (180m) ENE of Minster Laundry
• Medieval moated site, Chequer Court
• Dent-de-Lion medieval gatehouse
• Sandwich town walls: section from a point E of gasworks to site of New Gate (including The Bulwark and Mill Wall)
• Settlement one mile (1610m) E of village
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery, parish church of St Giles and associated remains immediately east of Sarre Mill
• Group of ring ditches 400yds (360m) NW of Great Brooks End Farm
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Ash Mill
• Sandwich town walls: section at NW corner (150ft long)
• Sandwich town walls: site of the Round House
• The Fisher Gate
• Sandwich town walls: section incorporated in the old East Kent Brewery (35ft long)
• Quex Park settlements
• A Saxon Shore fort, Roman port and associated remains at Richborough
• Sandwich town walls: section extending 40yds (36m) on N side of Strand Street
• Ring ditches and enclosures 500yds (450m) ESE of College Farm