Lechlade
Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a community at the southerly edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, 55 miles (89 kilometres) south of Birmingham and 68 miles (109 kilometres) west of London. It is the acme at which the River Thames is accessible, although there is a right of navigating that continues south-west right into Cricklade, located in the neighbouring region of Wiltshire. The community is called after the River Leach that signs up with the Thames near The Trout Inn and St. John's Bridge. The low-lying land is Alluvium, Oxford Clay and River Gravels and also the town is bordered by lakes developed from disused gravel removal sites, creating parts of the Cotswold Theme park and a number of have actually currently been designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest and also nature gets. Human occupation days from the neolithic, Iron Age and Roman durations as well as established as a trading centre offered by river, canal, roads as well as railway, although the community's station enclosed 1962. A series of culture 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 advancement of the close-by RAF Fairford and also RAF Brize Norton after The second world war contributed to the development of the community.
