Edenbridge
Edenbridge is a town and also civil parish in the Sevenoaks area of Kent, England. Its name stems from Old English Eadhelmsbrigge (meaning "Eadhelm's Bridge"). It lies on the Kent/ Surrey verge on the top floodplain of the River Medway as well as 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 eliminate traffic stress on the old, narrow High Street is called Mont St Aignan Way. There are two banks in the community, a post office next to the church and a number of major retail chains. Despite being a fairly small town, Edenbridge boasts its very own hospital - The Edenbridge War Memorial Hospital. At first a cottage medical facility built to care for soldiers returning from The First World War, an objective constructed building was established to the south of the town in 1931. With an Out Patients Department, Physiotherapy facilities and also a Minor Injuries Unit the hospital is a major part of the fabric of the community. Recently the healthcare facility has actually been faced with closure often times, on each occasion it has been conserved by regional campaigners as well as townspeople, who see the healthcare facility as an essential part of the neighborhood.
