Cricklade
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,030 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in north Wiltshire in England
- Also known as: “Cricklade, Wiltshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elmlea Meadows and St Sampson’s Church.
Elmlea Meadows
Nature reserve
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elmlea Meadows is a 6.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England, notified in 1989. The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 as a Key Wildlife Site.
St Sampson’s Church
Church
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St Sampson's is the Church of England parish church of the town of Cricklade, Wiltshire, England. A large aisled church with a central tower, the present building dates from the late 12th century but has fragments of Anglo-Saxon work.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blunsdon St Andrew and Leigh.
Blunsdon St Andrew
Village
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Blunsdon St Andrew is a village, which is situated 3½ miles southeast of Cricklade.
Leigh
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigh is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, 1.5 miles southeast of Ashton Keynes and 2.5 miles west of Cricklade. It is on the edge of the Cotswold Water Park and near to the county border with Gloucestershire. Leigh is situated 2½ miles west of Cricklade.
Ashton Keynes
Village
Photo: Richard22, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ashton Keynes is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England which borders with Gloucestershire. The village is about 5 miles south of Cirencester and 3.5 miles west of Cricklade. Ashton Keynes is situated 3 miles west of Cricklade.
Cricklade
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.6414° or 51° 38′ 29″ northLongitude
-1.8579° or 1° 51′ 29″ westPopulation
4,030Elevation
299 feet (91 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB CKEOpen location code
9C3WJ4RR+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 30765478OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Cricklade” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Cricklade”
- Basque: “Cricklade”
- Cebuano: “Cricklade (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Cricklade”
- Chinese: “Cricklade”
- Chinese: “克里克莱德”
- Chinese: “克里克萊德”
- Dutch: “Cricklade”
- Esperanto: “Cricklade”
- French: “Cricklade”
- German: “Cricklade”
- Indonesian: “Cricklade”
- Irish: “Cricklade”
- Italian: “Cricklade”
- Japanese: “クリクレード”
- Korean: “크리클레이드”
- Ladin: “Cricklade”
- Latin: “Cricklade”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cricklade”
- Persian: “کریکلید”
- Polish: “Cricklade”
- Russian: “Криклейд”
- South Azerbaijani: “کریکلید”
- Spanish: “Cricklade”
- Swedish: “Cricklade”
- Turkish: “Cricklade”
- Ukrainian: “Криклейд”
- Welsh: “Cricklade”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cricklade”. Photo: Doowyah, CC BY-SA 3.0.