Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, 55 miles (89 kilometres) south of Birmingham and also 68 miles (109 km) west of London. It is the acme at which the River Thames is accessible, although there is a right of navigation that proceeds south-west right into Cricklade, situated in the neighbouring county of Wiltshire. The community is called after the River Leach that signs up with the Thames near The Trout Inn and also St. John's Bridge. The low-lying land is Alluvium, Oxford Clay and River Gravels as well as the town is surrounded by lakes created from disused gravel extraction sites, forming parts of the Cotswold Theme park and also several have currently been assigned as Sites of Special Scientific Interest as well as nature reserves. Human profession dates from the neolithic, Iron Age as well as Roman periods and also created as a trading centre served by river, canal, roads as well as train, although the community's station enclosed 1962. A range of society as well as community tasks happen centred around the Memorial Hall which was reconstructed after a fire in 2016. The Anglican Church of St Lawrence is a Grade I listed building dating from the 15th century. There is additionally a Baptist Church on Sherborne Street. The development of the nearby RAF Fairford and also RAF Brize Norton after World War II added to the growth of the town.