Sandwich

Resort and market town in Kent, southeast England, 18 km/11 mi east of Canterbury; population (2001) 4,500. It has many medieval buildings and was one of the original Cinque Ports. Industries include pharmaceutical research and manufacture, and also market gardening. Features include the Guildhall (1578) which now houses a museum, and two town gates, the Barbican and Fisher Gate.

Silting up of the River Stour left the harbour useless by the 16th century. From the 16th century Sandwich prospered as a centre of the cloth industry established by refugee Huguenot cloth workers. It is a golfing centre, with the Royal St George's Golf Club nearby. To the north of the town is the Gazen Salts Nature Reserve, and also nearby to the north are the remains of Richborough Castle, a 3rd-century Roman fort.