Edenbridge
Edenbridge is a community and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. Its name stems from Old English Eadhelmsbrigge (significance "Eadhelm's Bridge"). It lies on the Kent/ Surrey verge on the top floodplain of the River Medway and gives its name to the latter's tributary, the River Eden. The town has a population of around 9,000. Edenbridge is twinned with Mont-Saint-Aignan in France. The bypass that was constructed in the very early 2000s to eliminate website traffic stress on the old, slim High Street is named Mont St Aignan Way. There are two financial institutions in the town, a post office next to the church and a variety of major retail chains. Despite being a reasonably town, Edenbridge flaunts its own medical facility - The Edenbridge War Memorial Hospital. Initially a home hospital built to look after 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 centers as well as a Minor Injuries Unit the hospital is a huge part of the fabric of the town. In recent years the health center has been faced with closure often times, on each occasion it has been saved by neighborhood campaigners and townspeople, who see the hospital as an important part of the area.
