{{Short description|Village in Northumberland, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name = Acklington |country = England |region = North East England |lieutenancy_england = Northumberland |unitary_england = Northumberland |civil_parish = Acklington |constituency_westminster= North Northumberland |population = 544 |population_ref=(2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119809&c=Acklington&d=16&e=62&g=6452830&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1435239703735&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=25 June 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105012/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119809&c=Acklington&d=16&e=62&g=6452830&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1435239703735&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> |post_town = MORPETH |postcode_area = NE |postcode_district = NE65 |dial_code = 01670 |os_grid_reference = NU229019 |coordinates = {{coord|55.311|-1.640|display=inline,title}} |label_position = top |static_image_name = Acklington in 2007.jpg |static_image_caption = Acklington }} '''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.<ref>[http://ca-north.org.uk/cgi-bin/contray/contray.cgi?DATA=&ID=000011&GROUP=013 Village of the Year 2007 – county winners<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413082134/http://ca-north.org.uk/cgi-bin/contray/contray.cgi?DATA=&ID=000011&GROUP=013 |date=13 April 2009 }}</ref> 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;<ref>{{cite web|title=Property details: Morwick Hall|url=http://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/18315440?search_identifier=881dc538f90669fcd7e1abf7e7f2f303}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pillbox FW3/22 Acklington|url=http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/21187/Pillbox-FW3-22-Acklington.htm|work=tracesofwar.com|accessdate=18 June 2013|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305042858/http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/21187/Pillbox-FW3-22-Acklington.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Acklington Parish - Recent History |url=http://www.acklingtonparish.org.uk/recenthistory.htm |publisher=Acklington Parish |accessdate=27 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827125634/http://www.acklingtonparish.org.uk/recenthistory.htm |archive-date=27 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <!-- Headings as per wp:UKCITIES --> <!-- == History == --> <!-- == Governance == --> <!-- == Geography == --> <!-- == Demography == -->
== Acklington Air Station == RAF Acklington was an airfield close to the coast which opened during World War II. It was also used as the base for an Armament Practice Camp with the aircraft operating over Druridge Bay. After the war it became a training base. The RAF station closed in 1976.
The airfield site is now the home of two prisons: HMP Acklington houses adults,<ref>[http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=223,15,2,15,223,0 HM Prison Service – Locate a Prison – Acklington<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629182329/http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=223%2C15%2C2%2C15%2C223%2C0 |date=29 June 2007 }}</ref> while HMPYOI Castington houses young offenders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id%3D317%2C15%2C2%2C15%2C317%2C0 |title=HM Prison Service - Locate a Prison - Castington |accessdate=2014-01-06 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327153637/http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=317%2C15%2C2%2C15%2C317%2C0 |archivedate=2010-03-27 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.criminal-information-agency.com/related_images.php?recordID=26&&info=HMP%20and%20YOI%20Castington&&category=prison Related Images for HMP and YOI Castington - Criminal Information Agency.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928170758/http://www.criminal-information-agency.com/related_images.php?recordID=26&&info=HMP%20and%20YOI%20Castington&&category=prison |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref>
== Climate ==
<div style="width:75%"> {{Weather box |location = Ashington |single line = Yes |metric first = Yes |Jan high F = 43 |Feb high F = 44 |Mar high F = 47 |Apr high F = 50 |May high F = 54 |Jun high F = 60 |Jul high F = 64 |Aug high F =64 |Sep high F = 61 |Oct high F = 55 |Nov high F =48 |Dec high F = 44 |year high F = 53 |Jan low F = 37 |Feb low F = 37 |Mar low F = 38 |Apr low F = 41 |May low F = 45 |Jun low F = 50 |Jul low F = 54 |Aug low F = 54 |Sep low F = 51 |Oct low F = 46 |Nov low F = 41 |Dec low F = 38 |year low F = 44 |Jan precipitation inch = 2.4 |Feb precipitation inch =1.7 |Mar precipitation inch = 1.6 |Apr precipitation inch = 1.7 |May precipitation inch = 2.1 |Jun precipitation inch = 1.8 |Jul precipitation inch = 3.1 |Aug precipitation inch = 3.1 |Sep precipitation inch = 2.3 |Oct precipitation inch = 2.5 |Nov precipitation inch = 2.6 |Dec precipitation inch = 2.3 |year precipitation inch = 27.2 |source 1 = Weatherbase <ref name=Weatherbase> {{cite web |url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=44230&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Ashington, England |publisher=Weatherbase |year=2011 }} Retrieved on 24 November 2011. </ref> |date=November 2011 }} </div>
== Transport == ;Railway thumb|left|220px|Acklington Railway Station '''Acklington''' is served by Acklington railway station which is located on the East Coast Main Line<!--(Network Rail Route NE 2)-->, although in the 2025 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 March 2025 |title=Train times: Alnmouth and Morpeth to Newcastle and Metrocentre |url=http://www.northernrailway.co.uk/sites/default/files/templates/N1/2025-03-17-to-2025-05-17-1741009821.pdf |website=Northern Trains}}</ref>
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|date=August 2019}} The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}
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