Cricklade is a small town and civil church on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the initial downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227. Cricklade Business Association represents the regional service neighborhood as well as has close relate to other charitable organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, as well as the charity that runs the leisure centre. Cricklade's lots of pubs include the Vale, the Old Bear, the White Hart, and also the Red Lion. Drinks are additionally cost the White Horse Members' Club and the recreation centre. An above-average percentage 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 former Baptist chapel. T. R. Thomson of Costorphine was a long-time local of Cricklade and a relocating spirit behind the establishment of the society. His book Materials for a History of Cricklade and also different write-ups have enhanced the research of regional history in the town. Cricklade has been twinned with the French town of Sucé-sur-Erdre since 1990. In June 2010 the 20th wedding anniversary was commemorated in Cricklade. Sucé exists just north of Nantes in the Loire Valley, 30 miles (48 kilometres) from the Atlantic coast. Brows through are traded in alternative years. Cricklade Twinning Association additionally holds social events to increase funds in the direction of holding the brows through by Sucé to Cricklade.