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Annual Walk

The walk takes place on the afternoon of Sunday 24 August – meeting at the Town Hall at 2pm. This time the topic will be “Transport”.
Take a fascinating guided walk through the yesteryears of transport in Cricklade, bringing to life elements such as the Cricklade Railway, the canal and the Turnpike Roads.
The walk lasts about 1 – 1½ hours depending on speed of walking and is followed by refreshments at the Museum.


Frederic Freeth. “Cricklade Railway Station, Wiltshire, c.1950”
One of the pictures from our collection.

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The Cricklade Museum was established by the Cricklade Historical Society who are responsible for its maintenance.

The Museum is a key tourist attraction for Cricklade.
Despite its small size, houses more than 12,000 items in its collection.

The aim of the Museum is to collect, conserve, research, interpret and provide public access to objects associated with the Cricklade district thereby encouraging people to acquire knowledge of local history.

The main strength of the collection lies in objects from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the archieve of local family history, family trees, maps and a properties index together with a veritable mine of information held in the Museum’s archive.