Hungerford

Hungerford is a historic market town and civil parish, in Berkshire, England. It lies 8 miles west of Newbury, 9 miles east of Marlborough and 60 miles west of London. The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 5,869.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hungerford railway station and Hungerford Town Hall.

Hungerford railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hungerford railway station serves the historic market town of Hungerford, in Berkshire, England. It lies 61 miles 43 chains down the line from London Paddington. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, which also operates all trains serving it.

Hungerford Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hungerford Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Hungerford, Berkshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Hungerford Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

Freeman’s Marsh

Freeman's Marsh is a 25.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Hungerford in Berkshire, England. It is in the North Wessex Downs, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kintbury and Lower Denford.

Kintbury

Village

Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kintbury is a village and civil parish in the West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, between the towns of Newbury and Hungerford. The village has a convenient railway to Paddington and Reading, proximity to other transport and local cultural… Kintbury is situated 3½ miles east of Hungerford.

Lower Denford

Hamlet

Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lower Denford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kintbury in the English county of Berkshire. The settlement lies adjacent to the A4 road, and is located approximately 7 miles east of Hungerford town hall.

Hungerford

Type: Locality
Location: West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.4167° or 51° 25′ 0″ north

Longitude

-1.522° or 1° 31′ 19″ west

Elevation

322 feet (98 metres)

Open location code

9C3WCF8H+M5

GeoNames ID

7297451

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