Hungerford is a historic market community and also civil parish in Berkshire, England, 8 miles (13 kilometres) west of Newbury, 9 miles (14 km) east of Marlborough, 27 miles (43 km) northeast of Salisbury and 60 miles (97 kilometres) west of London. The Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the community from the west alongside the River Dun, a major tributary of the River Kennet. The convergence with the Kennet is to the north of the centre whence canal as well as river both proceed east. Services consist of schools, stores, cafés, restaurants, and also centers for the primary nationwide sporting activities. The train station is a minor quit on the London to Exeter (through Taunton) Line. The church was separated into 4 tithings: Hungerford or Community, 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 as well as Calcot were moved to Hungerford church from Chilton Foliat in Wiltshire in 1895.