Sandwich is a historical town as well as civil church in the Dover Area of Kent, south-east England. It lies on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was just one of the Cinque Ports and still has several original medieval structures, including several provided hostelries and entrances in the old town wall surfaces, churches, almshouses and the White Mill. While once a major port, it is now two miles from the sea due to the loss of the Wantsum Channel. Its historic centre has been maintained. Sandwich Bay is house to nature reserves as well as 2 first-rate fairway, Royal St George's and also Prince's. The community is likewise residence to lots of instructional and cultural occasions. Sandwich likewise provided its name to the food using John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, as well as words sandwich is currently located in a number of languages. The local economy has taken advantage of considerable investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the international drugs company Pfizer, which has developed a r & d centre near Sandwich, using over 3,000 people. Research laboratory experiments at the site have aroused unfavorable comment by pet legal rights protestors. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer introduced it will certainly relocate the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) department to Kalamazoo, Michigan. A number of vital drugs consisting of Viagra, Pfizer's treatment for erectile dysfunction as well as Maraviroc, a substance abuse for treatment of HIV, were established right here. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer announced that the entire r & d center at Sandwich would be shut within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 tasks, though it later introduced approximately 650 work would stay. The College of Kent was taking into consideration use of the university design site. The UK Federal government intervened to establish an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is now run as a business park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.