Cricklade
Cricklade is a town and also civil church on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway in between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the initial downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227. Cricklade Business Association stands for the local business community and has close links with various other non-profit organisations, such as the Rotarians, the Waylands Trust, as well as the charity that runs the recreation centre. Cricklade's many hostelries consist of the Vale, the Old Bear, the White Hart, and also the Red Lion. Beverages are also cost the White Horse Members' Club as well as 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 and also a moving spirit behind the establishment of the culture. His book Materials for a History of Cricklade and numerous write-ups have enhanced the research study of local history in the town. Cricklade has been twinned with the French community of Sucé-sur-Erdre given that 1990. In June 2010 the 20th anniversary was commemorated in Cricklade. Sucé exists just north of Nantes in the Loire Valley, 30 miles (48 km) from the Atlantic shore. Brows through are exchanged in alternating years. Cricklade Twinning Association additionally holds social events to elevate funds towards organizing the visits by Sucé to Cricklade.
