Places to see in ( Lechlade - UK )
Places to see in ( Lechlade - UK )
Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable. The town is named after the River Leach that joins the Thames near The Trout Inn.
The town is a popular venue for tourism and river-based activities. There are several pubs, some antique shops, a convenience store, food outlets, a garden centre and a Christmas shop. Near the 15th century Church of England parish church of Saint Lawrence, in the centre of the town, there is a large open space which is now a car park. The main roads through the town are busy, as the town is at the crossroads of the A417 and A361. Where the A361 enters the town from the south it crosses the River Thames on Halfpenny Bridge. Another tributary of the Thames, the River Coln, joins the Thames at the Inglesham Round House. Lechlade has hosted a music festival since 2011.
Lechlade falls in the Kempsford–Lechlade electoral ward. This ward stretches from Lechlade in the east to Kempsford in the west. The total population of this ward taken from the 2011 census was 3,973. Although in Gloucestershire, and traditionally in the hundred of Brightwells Barrow, from 1894 till 1935 the town was administered as part of Faringdon Rural District in Oxfordshire. From 1935 till 1974 it was part of Cirencester Rural District in Gloucestershire, and since 1974 it has been a part of Cotswold District.
Lechlade is the highest town to which the River Thames is navigable by relatively large craft including narrowboats. It is possible to travel by river or on foot from here to London. Indeed, in the early eighteenth century goods unloaded in Bristol were transported to Gloucester, carried overland to Lechlade and sent down the Thames to London. The Halfpenny Bridge is therefore the usual start for a water based Thames meander – the term for a long distance journey down the Thames. The Thames Path also continues upstream to the traditional source of the Thames at Thames Head). The river is actually navigable for a short distance further upstream, near the village of Inglesham, where the Thames and Severn Canal joins the River Thames. Rowing boats can reach even further upstream, to Cricklade. Lechlade is a popular resort for Thames boating. Boats of different types can be hired from here, from rowing boats to river cruisers.
Lechlade has a number of youth activities, most of them centred on the Memorial Hall and the adjacent Lechlade Pavilion Hall. Behind the Town Hall are large playing fields, an astro turf pitch, a skate park and a playground.
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Lechlade on Thames In The Cotswolds.
Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable. The town is named after the River Leach that joins the Thames near The Trout Inn.
The town is a popular venue for tourism and river-based activities. There are several pubs, some antique shops, a convenience store, food outlets, a garden centre and a Christmas shop. Near the 15th century Church of England parish church of Saint Lawrence, in the centre of the town, there is a large open space which is now a car park. The main roads through the town are busy, as the town is at the crossroads of the A417 and A361. Where the A361 enters the town from the south it crosses the River Thames on Halfpenny Bridge. Another tributary of the Thames, the River Coln, joins the Thames at the Inglesham Round House. Lechlade has hosted a music festival since 2011. In 2015 the festival's headline act was Status Quo.
Lechlade is the highest town to which the River Thames is navigable by relatively large craft including narrowboats. It is possible to travel by river or on foot from here to London. Indeed, in the early eighteenth century goods unloaded in Bristol were transported to Gloucester, carried overland to Lechlade and sent down the Thames to London. The Halfpenny Bridge is therefore the usual start for a water based Thames meander – the term for a long distance journey down the Thames. The Thames Path also continues upstream to the traditional source of the Thames at Thames Head). The river is actually navigable for a short distance further upstream, near the village of Inglesham, where the Thames and Severn Canal joins the River Thames. Rowing boats can reach even further upstream, to Cricklade. Lechlade is a popular resort for Thames boating. Boats of different types can be hired from here, from rowing boats to river cruisers.
The highest lock on the Thames is St John's Lock, at Lechlade, where there is a statue of Old Father Thames overlooking the boating activities. There is a view from St John's Bridge across the lock and the meadows to the spire of St Lawrence's parish church. The River Leach flows into the Thames at St John's Bridge. The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley composed A Summer Evening Churchyard here which includes the lines Clothing in hues of heaven thy dim and distant spire Around whose lessening and invisible height Gather among the stars the clouds of night.
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Flying my drone (Mavic 2 Pro) above Lechlade, just outside the Cotswolds village of Burfood.
Lechlade. The Riverside Pub. Cotswolds Gloucestershire England,
The River Thames at Lechlade
A short walk along the Thames at Lechlade, Gloucestershire.
Village drive Lechlade
A drive through Lechlade on thames Gloucestershire England
River Thames - Oxford to Lechlade 20
Filmed in July 2018 this video follows our progress upstream from Oxford to Lechlade. We were fortunate to enjoy this stunning length of the Thames in glorious summer weather. There is little, other than the occasional lock or pub, to break this journey as the river winds a tortuous and sometimes solitary path through open farmland, meadows and woodland to the current head of navigation just beyond Lechlade. I say current, because the still photograph of a round house, featured in this video, marks the eastern end of the Thames and Severn Canal A canal that fell into disrepair and closure that is currently being restored by the sterling work of the Cotswold Canal Trust. When complete it will eventually link the two great waterways at Saul Junction
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River Jump - Take 1 - 3 Lads + 1 BMX & A River - Lechlade, England
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The River Thames from Cricklade to Lechlade 1st July 2012
We paddled the River Thames from Cricklade to Lechlade Sunday 1st July 2012.
River high & fast. Many fallen trees. A few in the first few miles were awkward to pass.
Dick Whittington with Nigel Havers at the Riverside Pub, Lechlade.
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We caught up with the stars of Dick Whittington and the Wyvern Theatre's 2014 pantomime at the Riverside Pub in Lechlade.
A Ride Through Lechlade in Gloucestershire
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A ride through the pretty and historic Cotswold market town.
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Cricklade first town on the River Thames
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Lechlade from the air
Lechlade from the air.
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Drunk Driver or Not in Lechlade on Thames?
This was taken at the end of last year in Lechlade, the Driver of the Rover clearly has Issues keeping it on the right side of the road !!
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The Riverside, Lechlade on Thames to Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens
A short drive to MGs in the Park 2016
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