Cricklade
Sign in to saveCricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Cricklade
- UK place.static_image_name
- Cricklade, High Street - geograph.org.uk - 268609.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Jubilee Clock and part of the High Street
- UK place.static_image_2_name
- Snake's head fritillary, North Meadow NNR, Cricklade - geograph.org.uk - 418738.jpg
- UK place.static_image_2_caption
- Snake's head fritillaries in the National Nature Reserve, with the Anglican church behind
- UK place.static_image_2_width
- 180px
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU101936
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.population
- 4,253
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Cricklade
- UK place.unitary_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Cotswolds
- UK place.post_town
- Swindon
- UK place.postcode_district
- SN6
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Article
35 sectionsContents
- History
- Anglo-Saxon fortification
- Other settlements
- Later history
- Governance
- Sport and pastimes
- Rugby Union
- Shows and festivals
- Charity sports
- Leisure centre
- Cricket
- Association football
- Cricklade cinema
- Nature
- North Meadow
- Blakehill
- Cotswold Water Park
- Schools
- St Sampson's C of E Primary School
- Cricklade Manor Preparatory School
- Former schools
- Churches
- Anglican
- Roman Catholic
- United Church
- Former Methodist chapels
- Motto, blooms and twinning
- Business and economy
- Media
- Notable people
- Transport
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227.
==History== The name Cricklade is of uncertain origin. The second part of the name derives from the Old English gelād meaning a 'difficult river crossing'. 'Crick' may derive from Primitive Welsh, either crūg meaning 'hill' or creig meaning 'rock'.