Cricklade is a town and also civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway in between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the very first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227. Cricklade Business Association represents the local company area and has close links with other charitable organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, as well as the charity that runs the leisure centre. Cricklade's many pubs consist of the Vale, the Old Bear, the White Hart, as well as the Red Lion. Beverages are additionally sold at the White Horse Members' Club and also the recreation centre. An above-average percentage of the ward population ward was retired at the time of the 2011 census. There is a regional museum in Calcutt Street run by the Cricklade Historical Society, housed in a previous Baptist chapel. T. R. Thomson of Costorphine was a veteran local of Cricklade as well as a moving spirit behind the establishment of the culture. His publication Materials for a History of Cricklade as well as numerous articles have actually improved the study of regional history in the community. Cricklade has been twinned with the French community of Sucé-sur-Erdre because 1990. In June 2010 the 20th anniversary was commemorated in Cricklade. Sucé exists simply north of Nantes in the Loire Valley, 30 miles (48 km) from the Atlantic shore. Gos to are exchanged in alternating years. Cricklade Twinning Association likewise holds get-togethers to increase funds towards organizing the gos to by Sucé to Cricklade.