Cricklade is a small town as well as civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and 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 community and has close links with various other non-profit organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, and the charity that runs the leisure centre. Cricklade's several hostelries include the Vale, the Old Bear, the White Hart, as well as the Red Lion. Beverages are additionally sold at 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 neighborhood gallery in Calcutt Street run by the Cricklade Historical Society, housed in a former Baptist church. T. R. Thomson of Costorphine was a veteran resident of Cricklade as well as a relocating spirit behind the establishment of the society. His publication Materials for a History of Cricklade and also different posts have boosted the research study of local history in the community. Cricklade has been twinned with the French community of Sucé-sur-Erdre because 1990. In June 2010 the 20th wedding anniversary was celebrated in Cricklade. Sucé exists simply north of Nantes in the Loire Valley, 30 miles (48 km) from the Atlantic coastline. Check outs are exchanged in alternative years. Cricklade Twinning Association also holds get-togethers to raise funds in the direction of organizing the visits by Sucé to Cricklade.