Hungerford
Parish in West Berkshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.418, -1.519 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 33 68 |
| Population: | 5,100 |
| Dialling code: | 01488 |
Hungerford is a compact market town and civil parish in West Berkshire, England, set where the River Kennet meets the Kennet and Avon Canal. Its narrow high street and mix of medieval and Georgian buildings give a pleasant, slightly sleepy centre, with towpath walks, small independent shops and a long tradition of markets that reflect its rural hinterland and proximity to the Wiltshire border and the M4 corridor.
Historically a cloth and coaching town, it now supports a mixed local economy of agriculture, small businesses and equestrian activity in the surrounding downs, while many residents commute to larger centres such as Newbury. The community is active in local events and conservation of the canal-side environment; the town also carries the memory of the tragic 1987 shootings, an event that had a lasting social and legislative impact and which the town remembers as part of its recent history.
Postcode districts covering Hungerford
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 23.2 miles37.4 km
- Swindon 15.7 miles25.2 km
- Basingstoke 21.1 miles34 km
- Andover 14.2 miles22.8 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 20.4 miles32.9 km
- Newbury 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Didcot 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Thatcham 11.5 miles18.4 km
- Wantage 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Grove 13.8 miles22.2 km
- Devizes 20.8 miles33.5 km
- Calne 20.6 miles33.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Hungerford Built-up area 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Chilton Foliat Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Froxfield Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Hungerford & Kintbury Ward 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Kintbury Built-up area 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Inkpen Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Ham Built-up area 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Shalbourne Built-up area 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Ramsbury Built-up area 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Little Bedwyn Parish 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Great Bedwyn Built-up area 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Lambourn Woodlands Built-up area 4.6 miles7.4 km
Example postcodes in Hungerford
RG17 0DE, RG17 0SY, RG17 0QA, RG17 0BY, RG17 0QH, RG17 0HB, RG17 0AP, RG17 0AL, RG17 0DS … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 33 miles53.2 km
- London Heathrow Airport 45.9 miles73.9 km
- Hungerford Railway Station 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Kintbury Railway Station 3.4 miles5.4 km
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Schools in Hungerford
- Hungerford Primary School Primary
- John O'Gaunt School Secondary
Local points of interest
- Wolf Hall Historic site 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 7.4 miles12 km
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Burderop Park Estate 12.7 miles20.4 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 12.7 miles20.5 km
- Ramridge House Estate 13.9 miles22.4 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 14.6 miles23.4 km
- County Ground Stadium 14.8 miles23.9 km
- Aldermaston Court Estate 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 18 miles28.9 km