Edenbridge
Edenbridge is a community and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. Its name derives from Old English Eadhelmsbrigge (significance "Eadhelm's Bridge"). It lies on the Kent/ Surrey approach 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 integrated in the early 2000s to relieve traffic pressure on the old, slim High Street is called Mont St Aignan Way. There are two financial institutions in the town, a post office beside the church as well as a number of significant retail chains. Despite being a reasonably small town, Edenbridge flaunts its own hospital - The Edenbridge War Memorial Hospital. Originally a home health center constructed to care for soldiers returning from The First World War, a function constructed structure was established to the south of the town in 1931. With an Out Patients Department, Physical rehabilitation centers as well as a Minor Injuries Unit the hospital is a major part of the textile of the community. Over the last few years the health center has actually been faced with closure lot of times, on each event it has been saved by neighborhood campaigners and also townspeople, who see the medical facility as an essential part of the neighborhood.
