West Berkshire is a local government district in Berkshire, England, administered from Newbury by West Berkshire Council.
Hungerford is a historic market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, 8 miles (13 km) west of Newbury, 9 miles (14 km) east of Marlborough, 27 miles (43 km) northeast of Salisbury and 60 miles west of London. The Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the town from the west alongside the River Dun, a major tributary of the River Kennet. The confluence with the Kennet is to the north of the centre whence canal and river both continue east. Amenities include schools, shops, cafés, restaurants, and facilities for the main national sports. The railway station is a minor stop on the London to Exeter Line.
Chilton Foliat is a village and civil parish on the River Kennet in Wiltshire, England. The parish is in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is on the county boundary with West Berkshire and is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the Berkshire market town of Hungerford.
Baron Portal of Hungerford, of Hungerford in the County of Berkshire, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1945 for Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles Portal upon his retirement as Chief of the Air Staff, with remainder in default of male issue to his daughter and the heirs male of her body. In 1946 Portal was further honoured when he was created Viscount Portal of Hungerford, of Hungerford in the County of Berkshire, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body. The viscountcy became extinct on Lord Portal of Hungerford's death in 1971 as he left no surviving sons, while he was succeeded in the barony according to the special remainder by his daughter Rosemary. She sat as a cross-bencher in the House of Lords. The barony became extinct on her death without issue in 1990.
Newbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Richard Benyon, an Independent who was elected as a Conservative. It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and has been in continual existence since then.
Wokingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Walbury Hill is a hill in Berkshire, England. At 297 metres (974 ft) above sea level, it is the highest hill in Berkshire and the highest natural point in South East England, just 3 metres (10 ft) higher than Leith Hill in Surrey.
Hell Corner is a small village in the civil parish of Inkpen in the English county of Berkshire.
Lower Basildon is a small English village in the civil parish of Basildon, near Pangbourne, in the county of Berkshire. It has a parish church of St Bartholomew.
Marsh Benham is a village in the civil parish of Speen in the county of Berkshire, England. It is situated in the unitary authority of West Berkshire, just west of Newbury.
Chaddleworth is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire.
John O'Gaunt School is a mixed comprehensive school in Hungerford, Berkshire, England for students aged 11 to 16. It was Berkshire's first community school.
Lambourn Woodlands is a small village in the English county of Berkshire.
Denford Park is a country house and surrounding estate in the English county of Berkshire, within the civil parish of Kintbury.
Hungerford Newtown is a village in the civil parish of Hungerford, Berkshire, England.
Berks, Bucks & Oxon Premier is a division at level 8 of the English rugby union system featuring teams from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Promoted teams usually move up to Southern Counties North while relegated teams drop to the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship. Each year three teams are picked to take part in the RFU Senior Vase.
Thomas Hussey of Hungerford Park was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1657.
