Hungerford is a historic market town as well as civil church in Berkshire, England, 8 miles (13 km) west of Newbury, 9 miles (14 kilometres) east of Marlborough, 27 miles (43 kilometres) northeast of Salisbury and also 60 miles (97 kilometres) west of London. The Kennet and Avon Canal goes through the community from the west alongside the River Dun, a major tributary of the River Kennet. The assemblage with the Kennet is to the north of the centre whence canal as well as river both proceed eastern. Amenities consist of schools, shops, cafés, dining establishments, and facilities for the primary nationwide sports. The train station is a minor stop on the London to Exeter (via Taunton) Line. The parish was split into four tithings: Hungerford or Town, Sanden Fee, Eddington with Hidden and also Newtown as well as Charnham Street. North and South Standen and Charnham Street were officially removed parts of Wiltshire till transferred to Berkshire in 1895. Leverton and Calcot were moved to Hungerford parish from Chilton Foliat in Wiltshire in 1895.