Cricklade is a town as well as civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway in between Swindon as well as Cirencester. It is the first downstream community on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227. Cricklade Business Association stands for the neighborhood service neighborhood and also has close links with various other charitable organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, as well as the charity that runs the leisure centre. Cricklade's lots of public houses include the Vale, the Old Bear, the White Hart, as well as the Red Lion. Drinks are also 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 neighborhood gallery in Calcutt Street run by the Cricklade Historical Society, housed in a previous Baptist chapel. T. R. Thomson of Costorphine was a long-time homeowner of Cricklade and also a moving spirit behind the establishment of the society. His book Materials for a History of Cricklade and various articles have actually boosted the research study of regional history in the town. Cricklade has actually been twinned with the French community of Sucé-sur-Erdre since 1990. In June 2010 the 20th anniversary was celebrated in Cricklade. Sucé lies simply north of Nantes in the Loire Valley, 30 miles (48 kilometres) from the Atlantic coastline. Check outs are traded in alternative years. Cricklade Twinning Association additionally holds get-togethers to raise funds in the direction of organizing the visits by Sucé to Cricklade.