Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway in between Swindon and also Cirencester. It is the initial downstream community on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227. Cricklade Business Association stands for the local service community and also has close links with various other non-profit organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, and the charity that runs the recreation centre. Cricklade's several hostelries consist of the Vale, the Old Bear, the White Hart, as well as the Red Lion. Beverages are also sold at the White Horse Members' Club and the leisure centre. An above-average proportion of the ward population ward was retired at the time of the 2011 census. There is a local museum in Calcutt Street run by the Cricklade Historical Society, housed in a previous Baptist chapel. T. R. Thomson of Costorphine was a veteran resident of Cricklade and also a relocating spirit behind the establishment of the society. His publication Materials for a History of Cricklade and also numerous articles have actually boosted the research of neighborhood background in the community. Cricklade has been twinned with the French town of Sucé-sur-Erdre because 1990. In June 2010 the 20th anniversary was celebrated in Cricklade. Sucé lies simply north of Nantes in the Loire Valley, 30 miles (48 kilometres) from the Atlantic coast. Gos to are traded in alternating years. Cricklade Twinning Association likewise holds social events to increase funds in the direction of holding the visits by Sucé to Cricklade.