Newbury Methodist Church is the largest church within the Newbury & Hungerford Circuit. The Circuit, which is made up of seven churches*, comes within the Southampton District of the Methodist Church. * From the 1st January 2010 Thicket Methodist Church ceased to be a separate church and became a Class of Newbury Methodist Church. The District covers the following areas: Number & Circuit 26-1 Southampton 26-2 Eastleigh 26-3 Andover 26-4 Portsmouth 26-5 Gosport & Fareham 26-6 Meon Valley 26-7 Winchester 26-8 Romsey 26-9 Petersfield, Liphook & Haslemere 26-11 West Wight 26-12 East Wight 26-13 Reading & Silchester 26-14 Newbury & Hungerford 26-15 Bournemouth 26-17 Wimborne 26-18 Christchurch & Lymington 26-19 Poole & Swanage 26-20 Dorchester 26-21 Weymouth 26-22 Portland 26-23 Salisbury 26-24 North Dorset 26-26 Sherborne & Yeovil 26-27 Basingstoke From September 2010 the Newbury & Hungerford Circuit and the Andover Circuit will merge to form a new Circuit and will be known as The Kennet and Test Valley Circuit.