Cricklade is a village and also civil church on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway in 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 represents the regional service area as well as has close links with other charitable organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, and also the charity that runs the leisure centre. Cricklade's numerous pubs include the Vale, the Old Bear, the White Hart, and also the Red Lion. Beverages are additionally cost the White Horse Members' Club and the leisure centre. An above-average proportion 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 previous Baptist church. T. R. Thomson of Costorphine was a long-time citizen of Cricklade and a moving spirit behind the establishment of the society. His publication Materials for a History of Cricklade and also different articles have actually boosted the study of local background in the town. Cricklade has actually been twinned with the French community of Sucé-sur-Erdre considering that 1990. In June 2010 the 20th wedding anniversary was celebrated in Cricklade. Sucé lies simply north of Nantes in the Loire Valley, 30 miles (48 kilometres) from the Atlantic coastline. Gos to are traded in alternating years. Cricklade Twinning Association likewise holds gatherings to elevate funds towards holding the brows through by Sucé to Cricklade.