Hungerford at a glance
Set in West Berkshire with a 2021 Census population of 5184 and the RG17 postcode, this is a compact market town whose day‑to‑day life links closely with Newbury, the nearest main town, and with a wide scatter of smaller villages it serves. For commuting and house moves, Hungerford station is 0.3 miles from the centre, and by road Newbury is 10.2 miles away in 19 minutes, while Marlborough is 11.1 miles in 20 minutes and Thatcham 13 miles in 28 minutes. Trips for work, school or a new start also run to Ludgershall at 14.3 miles in 23 minutes, Wantage at 15.1 miles in 29 minutes, Grove at 16.1 miles in 32 minutes, Tidworth at 16.2 miles in 27 minutes, Andover at 18.3 miles in 33 minutes, Shrivenham and Watchfield at 18.9 miles in 34 minutes, and Wroughton at 20.3 miles in 30 minutes. The town looks after moves for nearby smaller places such as Lower Green 2.9 miles, Kintbury 3.3 miles, Inkpen 3.3 miles, Ham 3.3 miles, Shalbourne 3.6 miles, Ramsbury 4.1 miles, Great Bedwyn 4.3 miles, Lambourn Woodlands 4.7 miles, Great Shefford 5.2 miles, Eastbury 5.5 miles, East Garston 5.6 miles, Lambourn 6.5 miles and Baydon 6.8 miles, with regular runs back and forth to Newbury. House and flat moves to and from the towns nearby are common, alongside single items such as a sofa, a bed, a wardrobe or a washing machine picked up from one side of RG17 and delivered across to another, or taken out to places like Ramsbury or Great Bedwyn. Tip runs of old furniture, garden waste and clutter to the recycling centre are straightforward too, with Marlborough Recycling Centre 8.6 miles from the centre, useful when clearing a garage in Inkpen or getting a flat in Kintbury ready for new tenants.
Hungerford's RG17 postcode covers a town small enough that permit parking sits just two-tenths of a mile from the centre, and the station on Station Road is barely further out, which matters when a van with a driver needs to load or unload close to where you actually live. Van & Driver connects Hungerford customers with local partner drivers for a fixed price agreed before the move starts, whether that's a single sofa or a full house move. It works as a marketplace: you book a van with a driver, or arrange a man and van for something smaller, and a partner takes care of the move itself rather than a call centre juggling schedules.
Journeys out of town are priced by route rather than by the hour, so a run to Newbury or across to Marlborough has a set cost from the start, and the same applies to tip runs, whether that means a trip nearer home or further out towards Andover. Alongside removals and furniture delivery, the service covers next-day van bookings, storage moves, student removals, marketplace collections and commercial courier work, all through the same fixed-price approach. For a town like Hungerford, where the centre is compact but plenty of journeys start by heading out towards Newbury, Marlborough or Thatcham, having a clear price agreed upfront makes the whole thing simpler to plan around.
Hungerford had 5,184 people at the 2021 Census. The council's nearest recycling centre is Marlborough Recycling Centre, 8.6 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.
