Cricklade
Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway 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 stands for the regional business community and has close links with other charitable organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, and the charity that runs the leisure centre. Cricklade's several public houses include the Vale, the Old Bear, the White Hart, as well as the Red Lion. Drinks are also cost the White Horse Members' Club as well as the leisure 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 citizen of Cricklade and also a relocating spirit behind the establishment of the society. His publication Materials for a History of Cricklade and also numerous posts have boosted the research of local background in the community. 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 km) from the Atlantic shore. Check outs are traded in alternate years. Cricklade Twinning Association additionally holds social events to raise funds in the direction of hosting the brows through by Sucé to Cricklade.