Sandwich is a historic community and civil church in the Dover Area of Kent, south-east England. It rests on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was among the Cinque Ports as well as still has several initial medieval buildings, consisting of several detailed hostelries and entrances in the old town walls, churches, almshouses as well as the White Mill. While when a major port, it is now 2 miles from the sea due to the disappearance of the Wantsum Channel. Its historic centre has been protected. Sandwich Bay is residence to nature gets as well as two world-class fairway, Royal St George's as well as Prince's. The community is additionally house to many instructional and social occasions. Sandwich likewise gave its name to the food using John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, as well as words sandwich is now located in several languages. The regional economic climate has benefited from significant investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the multinational pharmaceuticals business Pfizer, which has actually developed a research and development centre near Sandwich, employing over 3,000 people. Lab experiments at the site have excited adverse remark by pet legal rights protestors. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer revealed it will move the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) division to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Several vital medicines consisting of Viagra, Pfizer's therapy for impotence and Maraviroc, a drug used for treatment of HIV, were developed right here. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer introduced that the whole research and development center at Sandwich would certainly be closed within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 tasks, though it later on announced up to 650 work would certainly stay. The University of Kent was thinking about use of the university design site. The UK Government stepped in to establish an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is currently run as a service park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.