Cricklade
Cricklade is a town and also civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway in between Swindon as well as 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 business community and has close links with various other charitable organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, and also the charity that runs the leisure centre. Cricklade's many hostelries include the Vale, the Old Bear, the White Hart, and the Red Lion. Drinks are also cost 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 neighborhood gallery in Calcutt Street run by the Cricklade Historical Society, housed in a former Baptist church. T. R. Thomson of Costorphine was a long-time resident of Cricklade and also a moving spirit behind the establishment of the culture. His book Materials for a History of Cricklade as well as various articles have actually enhanced the study of local background in the town. Cricklade has been twinned with the French town of Sucé-sur-Erdre since 1990. In June 2010 the 20th anniversary was commemorated in Cricklade. Sucé lies just north of Nantes in the Loire Valley, 30 miles (48 km) from the Atlantic coastline. Visits are exchanged in alternating years. Cricklade Twinning Association also holds social events to increase funds towards holding the visits by Sucé to Cricklade.
