Cricklade is a small town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon as well as Cirencester. It is the initial downstream community on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227. Cricklade Business Association represents the regional service area and also has close relate to other non-profit organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, as well as the charity that runs the leisure centre. Cricklade's numerous pubs consist of the Vale, the Old Bear, the White Hart, and also the Red Lion. Beverages are likewise cost the White Horse Members' Club and also the recreation centre. An above-average percentage of the ward population ward was retired at the time of the 2011 census. There is a regional gallery in Calcutt Street run by the Cricklade Historical Society, housed in a former Baptist church. T. R. Thomson of Costorphine was a veteran homeowner of Cricklade and a moving spirit behind the establishment of the society. His publication Materials for a History of Cricklade as well as numerous write-ups have actually improved the research of regional background in the community. Cricklade has been twinned with the French town of Sucé-sur-Erdre given that 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 coastline. Brows through are exchanged in alternating years. Cricklade Twinning Association also holds gatherings to increase funds towards organizing the brows through by Sucé to Cricklade.