Edenbridge
Edenbridge is a town and also civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. Its name stems from Old English Eadhelmsbrigge (meaning "Eadhelm's Bridge"). It is located 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 town has a population of around 9,000. Edenbridge is twinned with Mont-Saint-Aignan in France. The bypass that was integrated in the very early 2000s to alleviate website traffic pressure on the old, slim High Street is named Mont St Aignan Way. There are 2 financial institutions in the town, a post office beside the church and a variety of significant retail chains. In spite of being a fairly village, Edenbridge flaunts its very own health center - The Edenbridge War Memorial Hospital. Initially a cottage healthcare facility built to take care of soldiers returning from The First World War, a function constructed structure was developed to the south of the community in 1931. With an Out Patients Department, Physiotherapy facilities and a Minor Injuries Unit the hospital is a huge part of the material of the town. In recent years the hospital has been confronted with closure often times, on each celebration it has been saved by neighborhood advocates as well as townspeople, that see the medical facility as a vital part of the community.
