Edenbridge
Edenbridge is a community as well as civil parish in the Sevenoaks area of Kent, England. Its name stems from Old English Eadhelmsbrigge (definition "Eadhelm's Bridge"). It lies on the Kent/ Surrey border on the upper floodplain of the River Medway and offers its name to the latter's tributary, the River Eden. The community has a population of around 9,000. Edenbridge is twinned with Mont-Saint-Aignan in France. The bypass that was constructed in the early 2000s to ease website traffic pressure on the old, slim High Street is called Mont St Aignan Way. There are 2 financial institutions in the community, a post office beside the church and a number of significant retail chains. Regardless of being a reasonably small town, Edenbridge boasts its very own healthcare facility - The Edenbridge War Memorial Hospital. Initially a home health center constructed to take care of soldiers returning from The First World War, an objective constructed building was established to the south of the community in 1931. With an Out Patients Department, Physical rehabilitation facilities as well as a Minor Injuries Unit the hospital is a major part of the textile of the town. Recently the healthcare facility has actually been confronted with closure many times, on each event it has actually been saved by regional advocates as well as townspeople, who see the healthcare facility as an important part of the area.
