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Acton, Northumberland

Coordinates: 54°51′29″N 2°15′32″W / 54.858°N 2.259°W / 54.858; -2.259
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Acton
Acton is located in Northumberland
Acton
Acton
Location within Northumberland
OS grid referenceNY835515
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHEXHAM
Postcode districtNE47
Dialling code01434
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
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54°51′29″N 2°15′32″W / 54.858°N 2.259°W / 54.858; -2.259

Acton is a small hamlet in Northumberland, north-east England, about 3 miles (5 km) south of Allendale Town. Acton is usually Anglo-Saxon Old English for "farmstead at the oak tree(s)"; here, though, it is "Acca's farmstead". Acca is an Anglo-Saxon settler's forename.


Acton is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.