Lechlade is a town at the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, 55 miles (89 km) south of Birmingham and 68 miles (109 km) west of London. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable, although there is a right of navigation that continues south-west into Cricklade, in the neighbouring county of Wiltshire. The town is named after the River Leach that joins the Thames near the Trout Inn and St. John's Bridge.
St Lawence's seen across the Thames
River Thames and Lechlade
The Post Office
The town railway station in 1950
The Cotswolds is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham. The area is defined by the bedrock of Jurassic limestone that creates a type of grassland habitat that is quarried for the golden-coloured Cotswold stone. The predominantly rural landscape contains stone-built villages, towns, stately homes and gardens featuring the local stone.
Castle Combe, a Cotswolds village with buildings made of Cotswold stone
Bibury, a characteristic Cotswold village
Row houses of Cotswold stone in Broadway, Worcestershire. The quaint buildings of the village attract numerous tourists.
Broadway row houses of Cotswold stone
