Cricklade
Cricklade is a town and also 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 stands for the local company community and also has close relate to other charitable organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, and the charity that runs the leisure centre. Cricklade's numerous hostelries consist of the Vale, the Old Bear, the White Hart, and also the Red Lion. Drinks are also sold at the White Horse Members' Club and the recreation centre. An above-average proportion 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 former Baptist church. T. R. Thomson of Costorphine was a long-time citizen of Cricklade and a moving spirit behind the establishment of the society. His publication Materials for a History of Cricklade and also numerous write-ups have enhanced the research of local background in the town. Cricklade has actually been twinned with the French community of Sucé-sur-Erdre because 1990. In June 2010 the 20th anniversary was celebrated in Cricklade. Sucé lies just north of Nantes in the Loire Valley, 30 miles (48 kilometres) from the Atlantic coast. Brows through are traded in alternate years. Cricklade Twinning Association likewise holds get-togethers to raise funds in the direction of hosting the gos to by Sucé to Cricklade.