Cricklade is a village as well as civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and also Cirencester. It is the very first downstream community on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227. Cricklade Business Association represents the local service neighborhood and has close relate to other charitable organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, and the charity that runs the leisure centre. Cricklade's several pubs include the Vale, the Old Bear, the White Hart, and also the Red Lion. Beverages are also cost the White Horse Members' Club and the leisure centre. An above-average percentage of the ward population ward was retired at the time of the 2011 census. There is a regional gallery in Calcutt Street run by the Cricklade Historical Society, housed in a previous Baptist church. T. R. Thomson of Costorphine was a veteran citizen of Cricklade and a moving spirit behind the establishment of the society. His publication Materials for a History of Cricklade as well as various write-ups have actually improved the research of local background in the community. Cricklade has actually been twinned with the French town of Sucé-sur-Erdre considering that 1990. In June 2010 the 20th anniversary was celebrated in Cricklade. Sucé exists just north of Nantes in the Loire Valley, 30 miles (48 kilometres) from the Atlantic coastline. Gos to are exchanged in alternative years. Cricklade Twinning Association additionally holds gatherings to increase funds in the direction of organizing the gos to by Sucé to Cricklade.