Acton may refer to:

Places

Antarctica

Mount Acton Welch Mountains () is a group of mountains that dominate the area, the highest peak rising to , located north of Mount Jackson (Antarctica), Mount Jackson on the east margin of the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land, Antarctica Location The Welch Mo ...

Australia

* Acton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Acton, Tasmania, a suburb of Burnie * Acton Park, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, formerly known as Acton

Canada

Acton, Ontario Acton (population 9,376 in 2021) is a community located in the town of Halton Hills, in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. At the northern end of the Region, it is on the outer edge of the Greater Toronto Area and i ...

, a community * Acton Island, District of Muskoka, Ontario * Acton, New Brunswick * Acton Regional County Municipality, Quebec

New Zealand

* Acton, New Zealand, a rural community

United Kingdom

Acton, County Armagh Acton is a hamlet and townland of 22 acres in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, about a half mile north of Poyntzpass. It is situated in the civil parish of Ballymore and the historic barony of Orior Lower and within the Armagh City, Banbridge a ...

, Northern Ireland, a hamlet and townland *

Acton, Cheshire Acton is a small village and former civil parishes in England, civil parish, now in the parish of Burland and Acton, lying immediately west of the town of Nantwich, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Ch ...

, a village and civil parish * Acton, Cheshire (ancient parish) * Acton, Dorset, a hamlet *

Acton, London Acton () is a town in West London, England, within the London Borough of Ealing. It is west of Charing Cross. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census, its four Wards of the United Kingdom, wards, East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton ...

, an area of west London **

Acton Green, London Acton Green is a residential neighbourhood in Chiswick and the London Borough of Ealing, in West London, England. It is named for the nearby Acton Green common. It was once home to many small laundries and was accordingly known as "Soapsuds Is ...

, between Acton and Chiswick ** East Acton ** North Acton **

South Acton, London South Acton is an area in Acton, West London, west of Charing Cross. At the 2001 census, Acton, comprising the wards of East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton and Southfield, had a population of 53,689 people. The area is dominated by the Sou ...

** West Acton ** Municipal Borough of Acton, former local government district **

Acton (UK Parliament constituency) Acton was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election. It elec ...

Acton, Northumberland Acton is a small hamlet in Northumberland, north-east England, about 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-Sa ...

, a hamlet *

Acton, Shropshire Acton is a village in Shropshire, England, south of Bishop's Castle Bishop's Castle is a market town in the south west of Shropshire, England. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,893. Bishop's Castle is east of the Wales� ...

, a village *

Acton, Staffordshire Acton is a hamlet in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. It lies within the civil parish of Whitmore, four miles south west of Newcastle close to the junction of the A53 and the A5182, Trentham Road. Newcastle-under-Lyme D ...

, a hamlet *

Acton, Suffolk Acton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. The parish also includes the hamlets of Cuckoo Tye and Newman's Green. It is located three miles North East of Sudbury. Etymology According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of ...

, a village and civil parish * Acton, Worcestershire *

Acton, Wrexham Acton (sometimes ) is a suburb and Community (Wales), community in Wrexham, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It spans the north-eastern part of Wrexham. The area is largely residential and at its centre, lies Acton Park, the location of the forme ...

, a local government community *

Acton Bridge Map of the civil parish of Acton Bridge within the former borough of Vale Royal Acton Bridge (formerly Acton) is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. Located within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester on the River We ...

, a village in Cheshire *

Acton Burnell Acton Burnell () is a village and parish in the English county of Shropshire. Home to Concord College, it is also famous for an early meeting of Parliament where the Statute of Acton Burnell was passed in 1283. The population at the 2011 cen ...

, a village in Shropshire *

Acton Green, Herefordshire Acton Green is a hamlet in the north east of the English county of Herefordshire ( historically Worcestershire) between Bromyard and Great Malvern Great Malvern is an area of the civil parish of Malvern, Worcestershire, Malvern, in the Mal ...

Acton Round Acton Round is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the England, English country of Shropshire. Acton Round was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Achetune''. The civil parish includes the village of Muckley. See also *Lis ...

, a village in Shropshire

United States

* Acton, Alabama, an unincorporated community *

Acton, California Acton () is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the 2020 census, Acton had a population of 7,431. Acton is a small residential community located between th ...

, an unincorporated census-designated place *

Acton, Florida Acton was a community in Polk County, Florida, United States. The town was situated two miles east of Lakeland, which it preceded. It was a settlement of English people from Great Britain. It was established in 1884 named for Lord Acton. The co ...

, a former town * Acton, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Acton, Indiana, a community * Acton, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Acton, Maine, a town *

Acton, Massachusetts Acton is a New England town, town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, approximately west-northwest of Boston, Massachusetts, Boston along Massachusetts Route 2 west of Concord, Massachusetts, Concord and about southwest of Lowell ...

, a town *

Acton Township, Meeker County, Minnesota Acton Township ( ) is a township in Meeker County, Minnesota, Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 381 at the 2000 census. The township includes almost all of Grove City, Minnesota, Grove City. Geography According to the U ...

Acton, Minnesota Acton ( ) is an unincorporated community in Acton Township, Meeker County, Minnesota, United States, near Grove City and Litchfield. The community is located along Meeker County Road 23 near State Highway 4 ( MN 4). County Road 32 is also in ...

, an unincorporated community * Acton, Montana, an unincorporated community * Acton, New Jersey, an unincorporated community * Acton Township, Walsh County, North Dakota * Acton Lake, Ohio * Acton, Tennessee, an unincorporated community * Acton, Texas, an unincorporated community * Acton State Historic Site, Texas

Schools

* Acton School of Business, Austin, Texas * Acton Technical College, Uxbridge, West London, United Kingdom *

Acton High School (Massachusetts) The old Acton High School, also known as the McCarthy-Towne Elementary School, is a historic school building at 3 Charter Road in Acton, Massachusetts. Built in 1925, this Renaissance Revival building served as the town's high school for 30 yea ...

, a former American high school, on the National Register of Historic Places * Ark Acton Academy, in the Acton area of the London Borough of Ealing, England

People

* Acton (surname) * Acton Bell, a pen name of Anne Brontë (1820–1849), English novelist and poet * Eugenia de Acton, a pen name of Alethea Lewis (1749–1827), English novelist * Acton Adams (1843–1924), British politician * Acton Smee Ayrton (1816–1886), British barrister and politician

Other uses

* Acton Institute, an American think tank * Acton Capital Partners, an international venture capital fund * Acton station (disambiguation) * Baron Acton, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom * Acton Football Club, a defunct Australian rules football club * Acton (Turrell), an artwork by James Turrell * The Actons, a family in ''

The Europeans ''The Europeans: A sketch'' is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878. It is a comedy contrasting the behaviour and attitudes of two visitors from Europe with those of their relatives living in the "new" world of New England. The nov ...

'', a Henry James novel * Acton, a minor character in ''The Sword of Shannara'' by Terry Brooks * Acton, an alternative spelling of aketon (gambeson)