Acklington
Acklington
Acklington Location within Northumberland
Population	544 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	NU229019
Civil parish	Acklington
Unitary authority	Northumberland
Ceremonial county	Northumberland
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MORPETH
Postcode district	NE65
Dialling code	01670
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Berwick-upon-Tweed
List of places UK England Northumberland 55°18′40″N 1°38′24″W / 55.311°N 1.640°W / 55.311; -1.640

Acklington is a small village in Northumberland, England. It is situated to the south-west of Amble, inland from the North Sea coast. It is served by Acklington railway station. The name is Anglo-Saxon Old English meaning 'farmstead of Eadlac's people'.

Acklington won the title of Northumberland Village of the Year in 2007.^[2] It has a parish church, St John the Divine, and a Church of England primary school.

To the north of Acklington is Morwick Hall, a Grade II listed Georgian house. It was built by the Grey family of Howick;^[3] in the 1850s it was owned by William Linskill, a former High Sheriff of Northumberland.

A World War II FW3/22 pillbox is located near the B6345.^[4]

A dam was constructed on the River Coquet in 1776, causing problems for the river's salmon population. Many years later, the eccentric naturalist Frank Buckland erected a sign directing the salmon to another stream.^[5]

Economy

Acklington is the home of two prisons: HMP Acklington houses adults,^[6] while HMPYOI Castington houses young offenders.^[7] The prisons are built on the site of RAF Acklington, a former airfield which opened during World War II.^[8] The RAF station was used as an Armament Practice Camp with the aircraft operating over Druridge Bay.

Climate

Transport

Railway

Acklington is served by Acklington railway station which is located on the East Coast Main Line, although in the 2009–2010 timetable the only trains calling at Acklington were one (evening) northbound and two (morning and evening) southbound local services operated on Mondays to Saturdays by Northern.^{[citation needed]}

The line was opened by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, then joining the North Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923.^{[citation needed]} The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.^{[citation needed]}