Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a community at the southerly edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, 55 miles (89 km) south of Birmingham and 68 miles (109 kilometres) west of London. It is the acme at which the River Thames is navigable, although there is a right of navigating that proceeds south-west into Cricklade, situated 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 also St. John's Bridge. The low-lying land is Alluvium, Oxford Clay as well as River Gravels and the town is surrounded by lakes produced from disused crushed rock removal sites, developing parts of the Cotswold Theme park as well as numerous have currently been marked as Sites of Special Scientific Interest as well as nature books. Human line of work days from the neolithic, Iron Age and also Roman periods and also established as a trading centre offered by river, canal, roads as well as railway, although the town's station enclosed 1962. A range of society as well as neighborhood tasks take place 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 additionally a Baptist Church on Sherborne Street. The development of the close-by RAF Fairford as well as RAF Brize Norton after World War II contributed to the expansion of the town.