Sandwich
Sandwich is a historical community and civil church in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England. It lies on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was one of the Cinque Ports as well as still has several original medieval buildings, consisting of numerous detailed pubs and gateways in the old town wall surfaces, churches, almshouses and also the White Mill. While as soon as a significant port, it is currently 2 miles from the sea because of the disappearance of the Wantsum Channel. Its historical centre has actually been maintained. Sandwich Bay is residence to nature reserves and also 2 world-class golf courses, Royal St George's and Prince's. The community is also house to lots of instructional and also cultural events. Sandwich additionally provided its name to the food by way of John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, and also the word sandwich is currently found in numerous languages. The neighborhood economic situation has benefited from substantial financial investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the multinational drugs business Pfizer, which has actually developed a research and development centre near Sandwich, employing over 3,000 individuals. Laboratory experiments at the site have excited unfavorable remark by animal legal rights lobbyists. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer revealed it will certainly relocate the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) department to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Numerous crucial medications consisting of Viagra, Pfizer's treatment for erectile dysfunction as well as Maraviroc, a substance abuse for treatment of HIV, were created right here. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer introduced that the whole research and development facility at Sandwich would certainly be shut within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 work, though it later on introduced up to 650 work would certainly remain. The University of Kent was taking into consideration use the campus design site. The UK Government interfered to develop an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is currently run as an organisation park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.