Sandwich
Sandwich is a historical community and also civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England. It rests on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was among the Cinque Ports and also still has many original middle ages structures, including numerous noted pubs and also gates in the old town walls, churches, almshouses and the White Mill. While as soon as a major port, it is currently 2 miles from the sea due to the loss of the Wantsum Channel. Its historic centre has actually been maintained. Sandwich Bay is house to nature reserves and also two first-rate golf courses, Royal St George's as well as Prince's. The community is likewise house to many instructional and social occasions. Sandwich likewise gave its name to the food using John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, and the word sandwich is now discovered in numerous languages. The regional economic situation has taken advantage of substantial investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the international pharmaceuticals company Pfizer, which has constructed a research and development centre near Sandwich, employing over 3,000 individuals. Laboratory experiments at the site have actually aroused unfavorable remark by animal civil liberties lobbyists. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer revealed it will certainly relocate the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) division to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Several important medicines including Viagra, Pfizer's treatment for erectile dysfunction and also Maraviroc, a substance abuse for therapy of HIV, were established here. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer revealed that the whole research and development center at Sandwich would be closed within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 tasks, though it later revealed approximately 650 work would remain. The College of Kent was thinking about use of the school design site. The UK Government intervened to develop an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is now run as an organisation park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.