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 is located on the Kent/ Surrey border on the top floodplain of the River Medway and also provides 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 built in the very early 2000s to eliminate website traffic pressure on the old, slim High Street is named Mont St Aignan Way. There are 2 banks in the community, a post office alongside the church and a variety of significant retail chains. In spite of being a fairly village, Edenbridge boasts its very own hospital - The Edenbridge War Memorial Hospital. Originally a cottage hospital developed to take care of soldiers returning from The First World War, an objective built structure was developed to the south of the town in 1931. With an Out Patients Department, Physiotherapy centers and a Minor Injuries Unit the hospital is a huge part of the fabric of the town. Over the last few years the hospital has actually been confronted with closure sometimes, on each celebration it has actually been saved by regional campaigners and townspeople, that see the hospital as a crucial part of the neighborhood.