RAF Aldermaston
Second World War
Hungerford is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, centred 8.7 miles (14.0 km) west of Newbury and 67 miles (107 km) west of London. Its amenities include shops, cafés, restaurants, schools and sports teams or clubs in the main national sports. It has a railway station which is a minor stop on the London to Exeter (via Taunton) Line and part of the upper River Kennet flows through the town which has the confluence of its main river, the River Dun which is through the town deepest and widest as the Kennet and Avon Canal.
Population: 5,048
Latitude: 51° 24' 54.47" N
Longitude: -1° 30' 56.02" W
Second World War
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