Cricklade

Worth seeing in and around Cricklade

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   St Sampson's Church

   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.

   100 m · church in Cricklade, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Blunsdon railway station

   Blunsdon railway station is a station on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, a heritage line in Wiltshire, England. The first station on the site was built in 1895 to serve the villages of Blunsdon St Andrew and Broad Blunsdon, north of Swindon, and closed in 1937.

   3.9 km · heritage railway in Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Cricklade Town Bridge

   Cricklade Town Bridge is a road bridge at Cricklade, Wiltshire, England across the River Thames. It is a Grade II listed building.

   400 m · bridge in Cricklade, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   All Saints Church, Leigh

   All Saints Church was built around 1250 at Leigh, north Wiltshire, England, and was originally on a site half a mile to the north of its current location. In 1896, the nave, porch and bell tower were moved from their original location and a new church was built, which is now Grade II* listed.

   4.1 km · church in Leigh, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Mouldon Hill Country Park

   Mouldon Hill Country Park is a country park to the north west of the town centre of Swindon, within the parish of Haydon Wick and close to Thamesdown Drive. It is owned and managed by Swindon Borough Council.

   6 km · country park in Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Jenner's School

   Jenner's School is a Grade II* listed former school in Bath Road, Cricklade, Wiltshire, England. It was built in 1652 and then became a workhouse.

   100 m · school building in Cricklade, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Swindon and Cricklade Railway

   The Swindon and Cricklade Railway is a heritage railway in Wiltshire, England, that operates on a short section of the old Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade. Swindon and Cricklade Railway is a registered charity.

   3.9 km · Heritage railway in Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   A419 Road Bridge

   The A419 road is a primary route between Chiseldon near Swindon at junction 15 of the M4 with the A346 road, and Whitminster in Gloucestershire, England near the M5 motorway. The A419 is managed and maintained by a private company, Road Management Group, on behalf of the UK Department for Transport.

   800 m · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Eysey Footbridge

   Bridge in United Kingdom

   1.3 km · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Water Eaton House Bridge

    The River Thames is the second-longest river in the United Kingdom, passes through the capital city, and has many crossings. Counting every channel – such as by its islands linked to only one bank – it is crossed by over 300 bridges.

    2.4 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   North Meadow
2. 02
   St Sampson's Church

   Church with a nave built in the 13th century and a 15th century tower.

From Wikivoyage: Cricklade, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

There are many good pubs in Cricklade. There are also several Indian restaurants, a Turkish kebab shop, a Chinese, a Thai.

1. 01
   White Hart

   High St, SN6 6AA,.

2. 02
   Stacey's

   42 High St, SN6 6BX,.

From Wikivoyage: Cricklade, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Cricklade

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 66 km · Birmingham (BHX), 91 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 98 km

Stations

RAF Down Ampney, 3.1 km · Hayes Knoll railway station, 3.1 km · Purton railway station, 5.3 km

• Bristol → Cricklade

  55 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £6–8
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• London → Cricklade

  121 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £13–17
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Cricklade

  94 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Cricklade

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cricklade. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Cricklade – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.