in turning its fortunes. It has a swimming pool, squash courts, sports hall with a range of markings, tennis/five-a-side football courts, a bar and lounge area with balcony and barbecue, a skate park, and children's play areas. In 2009 money was raised for a climbing wall. Cricket Cricklade Cricket Club was established in 1877 and has been located since 1947 on the north side of Cricklade, where its ground (Southam) is next to the River Thames. For the 2016 season the club is running two senior Saturday teams, a friendly Sunday team, a midweek team and three youth teams (U15, U13 and U11s), all in the local Cotswold District Cricket Association leagues. Association football Cricklade Town F.C. is a non-League football team which plays at the Cricklade Leisure Centre. Cricklade Youth Football Club provides and promotes the playing of association football for the youth of Cricklade from U7s to U16s. The club was the first in Wiltshire to gain the Wiltshire FA Charter Standard, an award for clubs across the country that meet the high standards required by the Football Association. Cricklade cinema Since Autumn 2013, Cricklade Town Hall has shown films every 4th Tuesday of the month from September to April. They include recent releases, classics, and non-mainstream films. Nature North Meadow North Meadow is a large nature reserve which preserves some 80 per cent of Britain's wild snake's head fritillaries in its . The meadow lies between the Thames and the Churn, which create a unique habitat for the fritillary by winter flooding. Such meadows were once common in Britain, but many were drained and ploughed for arable crops from the 1730s onwards. North Meadow escaped this owing to preservation of its court leet, the Saxon system of town governance that ensured the land was held in common. The site is now managed by Natural England, with support from the court leet. Blakehill In 2000, a disused airfield, formerly RAF Blakehill Farm, was bought from the Ministry of Defence by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust to form a second larger meadow of around , which opened to the public in 2005. It rears a small quantity of organic grade beef, usually from rare breeds such as English Longhorns. Cotswold Water Park Cricklade lies between the east and west sections of Cotswold Water Park, an extensive nature reserve formed from disused gravel pits. Schools St Sampson's C of E Primary School