Sandwich
Sandwich is a historical community and also civil church in the Dover District 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 as well as still has several initial medieval buildings, including a number of detailed public houses and also gateways in the old town wall surfaces, churches, almshouses and the White Mill. While once a significant port, it is now 2 miles from the sea because of the disappearance of the Wantsum Channel. Its historic centre has been maintained. Sandwich Bay is home to nature reserves and also 2 world-class golf courses, Royal St George's and also Prince's. The community is additionally home to many academic and cultural occasions. Sandwich likewise offered its name to the food by way of John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, and the word sandwich is currently located in numerous languages. The local economy has actually taken advantage of substantial investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the international drugs firm Pfizer, which has actually constructed a research and development centre near Sandwich, using over 3,000 individuals. Laboratory experiments at the site have actually excited negative remark by animal civil liberties protestors. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer revealed it will certainly move the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) department to Kalamazoo, Michigan. A number of crucial medications consisting of Viagra, Pfizer's treatment for impotence as well as Maraviroc, a substance abuse for treatment of HIV, were created below. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer introduced that the entire research and development facility at Sandwich would be closed within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 jobs, though it later revealed as much as 650 work would remain. The College of Kent was taking into consideration use of the campus design site. The UK Federal government interfered to develop an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is currently run as a service park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.
