Sandwich is a historical community and also civil parish in the Dover Area of Kent, south-east England. It rests on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was just one of the Cinque Ports and also still has lots of initial middle ages buildings, consisting of numerous noted public houses as well as gateways in the old town wall surfaces, churches, almshouses as well as the White Mill. While when a significant port, it is currently two miles from the sea as a result of the disappearance of the Wantsum Channel. Its historic centre has actually been maintained. Sandwich Bay is residence to nature gets and 2 world-class fairway, Royal St George's as well as Prince's. The community is additionally home to many academic and cultural occasions. Sandwich also gave its name to the food using John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, and words sandwich is currently found in several languages. The regional economic situation has actually benefited from significant investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the multinational pharmaceuticals business Pfizer, which has constructed a r & d centre near Sandwich, employing over 3,000 individuals. Lab experiments at the site have actually aroused negative comment by pet rights lobbyists. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer revealed it will certainly relocate the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) division to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Several crucial drugs consisting of Viagra, Pfizer's therapy for impotence as well as Maraviroc, a substance abuse for therapy of HIV, were established right here. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer announced that the whole r & d center at Sandwich would certainly be shut within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 jobs, though it later on revealed up to 650 tasks would certainly remain. The College of Kent was taking into consideration use of the campus style site. The UK Government stepped in to establish an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is now run as a service park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.
