Edenbridge
Edenbridge is a community and also civil parish in the Sevenoaks area of Kent, England. Its name originates from Old English Eadhelmsbrigge (meaning "Eadhelm's Bridge"). It is located on the Kent/ Surrey approach the upper floodplain of the River Medway and also provides 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 built in the early 2000s to ease web traffic stress on the old, narrow High Street is called Mont St Aignan Way. There are 2 banks in the town, a post office alongside the church as well as a variety of major retail chains. Regardless of being a reasonably town, Edenbridge boasts its very own health center - The Edenbridge War Memorial Hospital. Originally a cottage medical facility built to look after soldiers returning from The First World War, a purpose built structure was established to the south of the community 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. In the last few years the health center has actually been faced with closure sometimes, on each occasion it has actually been saved by regional advocates as well as townspeople, who see the hospital as a vital part of the community.
