Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a community 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 navigable, although there is a right of navigation that proceeds south-west into Cricklade, located in the neighbouring area of Wiltshire. The town is called after the River Leach that joins the Thames near The Trout Inn and also St. John's Bridge. The low-lying land is Alluvium, Oxford Clay as well as River Gravels and also the community is bordered by lakes created from obsolete gravel removal sites, developing parts of the Cotswold Water Park as well as several have currently been marked as Sites of Special Scientific Interest as well as nature gets. Human occupation days from the neolithic, Iron Age as well as Roman periods as well as created as a trading centre served by river, canal, roads as well as train, although the community's station enclosed 1962. A series of society as well as neighborhood tasks occur centred around the Memorial Hall which was restored after a fire in 2016. The Anglican Church of St Lawrence is a Grade I listed building dating from the 15th century. There is likewise a Baptist Church on Sherborne Street. The development of the neighboring RAF Fairford and also RAF Brize Norton after World War II added to the growth of the town.