Cricklade is a village and 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 stands for the neighborhood service area and has close links with various other non-profit organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, as well as 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. Drinks are likewise 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 museum in Calcutt Street run by the Cricklade Historical Society, housed in a former Baptist chapel. T. R. Thomson of Costorphine was a veteran local of Cricklade and also a moving spirit behind the establishment of the culture. His book Materials for a History of Cricklade and also numerous write-ups have actually improved the research study of neighborhood background in the town. Cricklade has been twinned with the French town of Sucé-sur-Erdre considering that 1990. In June 2010 the 20th wedding anniversary was commemorated in Cricklade. Sucé lies simply north of Nantes in the Loire Valley, 30 miles (48 km) from the Atlantic coast. Check outs are traded in alternative years. Cricklade Twinning Association also holds get-togethers to elevate funds towards hosting the brows through by Sucé to Cricklade.