Brooks End is a hamlet

Hamlet

The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...

 assimilated with Birchington

Birchington-on-Sea

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...

, in Kent

Kent

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, England

England

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, and 1 miles (2 km) southwest of the village's centre. It is in the Thanet local government district and is located on the A28 road

A28 road

The A28 is a trunk road in southern England. It runs south-west from the seaside resort of Margate in Kent via Westgate and Birchington, reaching open countryside at Sarre. The road continues via Upstreet and Hersden to Sturry, and on to the cathedral city of Canterbury...

 to Canterbury

Canterbury

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. The hamlet is located on the area once under the sea at the Wantsum Channel

Wantsum Channel

The Wantsum Channel is the name given to a now silted-up watercourse separating the Isle of Thanet and what was the mainland of the English county of Kent...

, and is probably named after one of the numerous brooks covering the area. Nearby is Great Brooksend Farm.