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The Square, BIRCHINGTON, CT7 9AW

Grove house, number 215 Canterbury Road, was built in the mid 18th century. Constructed of brown brick with red brick dressings under a renewed tile roof with shaped Dutch gables. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1203367 Birchington-on-Sea is a seaside village some 7 miles east of Herne Bay and some 3½ miles west of Margate. There is evidence of occupation from the Iron Age. As a resort, the village has a tourism based economy, with hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. Many retirees make the village their home.

This well can be found dead opposite Birchington Roundabout and is only just about inside the bottom-left hand area of the square. The well's cup, so I'm told, was originally still attached to it, but perhaps somebody clambered over the low railings and stole it. The lantern at the top of the well is unlit at night, so perhaps it is more of an ornamental feature rather than an illuminator - I didn't look to see if there was still a lamp in it. This view was taken looking strictly north, more or less parallel with my shot of All Saints Church from Albion Road.

Here is an alternative view of the well in Birchington village square, taken looking east-northeast in the direction of Margate from Canterbury Road (A28). Three roads meet here - Station Road ends just out of shot to the left after passing through Birchington village centre, Canterbury Road comes from behind me and cuts across the image and around the corner by the well and heads towards Margate, whilst Park Lane from Manston Airport ends just to my right. The road junction is at the bottom edge of square TR3069.

Birchington Methodist Church, Canterbury Road, was built in 1830. Constructed of brick under a slate roof. Crenelated with a clock tower. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1088986 Birchington-on-Sea is a seaside village some 7 miles east of Herne Bay and some 3½ miles west of Margate. There is evidence of occupation from the Iron Age. As a resort, the village has a tourism based economy, with hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. Many retirees make the village their home.

This is the view of the well on Birchington Roundabout looking from the opposite side of The Square (and taken with my new Sony digital camera), looking towards Park Lane. The shop behind the well is a Chinese takeaway called the New Dragon and just out of shot to the left is a Thai restaurant. I'm unsure what the shop to the right of the New Dragon was, but it has clearly been closed for quite some time as it is beginning to look rather derelict and run down. View taken looking south.

Shops and other premises at The Square, Birchington.

The Smugglers Restaurant at number 212 Canterbury Road was built in the late 17th century. Constructed of brown brick with red brick dressings under a tile roof with shaped Dutch gables. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1203373 Birchington-on-Sea is a seaside village some 7 miles east of Herne Bay and some 3½ miles west of Margate. There is evidence of occupation from the Iron Age. As a resort, the village has a tourism based economy, with hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. Many retirees make the village their home.

On a small traffic island is this delightful drinking fountain and horse trough. The fountain, in polished granite, was erected in 1909. Birchington-on-Sea is a seaside village some 7 miles east of Herne Bay and some 3½ miles west of Margate. There is evidence of occupation from the Iron Age. As a resort, the village has a tourism based economy, with hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. Many retirees make the village their home.

The plaque on the tower reads "Methodist Chapel 1830". To the right of the picture is a building with another plaque reading "Wesleyan Schoolroom 1928".