Acton is a
hamlet
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in the
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England.
It is named after the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, where the council is based, but includes the town of Kidsgrove and village ...
,
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
.
It lies four miles south west of Newcastle close to the junction of the
A53 and the A5182, Trentham Road.
Newcastle under Lyme District Council has an open
windrow facility in Acton where it composts garden waste collected in the borough into a nutrient rich soil improver for local farms and other places including
Trentham Gardens
The Trentham Estate, in the village of Trentham, is a visitor attraction located on the southern fringe of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
History
The estate was first recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. At t ...
.
![Wesleyan Church, Acton - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Wesleyan_Church%2C_Acton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_459116.jpg)
There is a
redundant church
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in the village bearing the inscription
Wesleyan Church
The Wesleyan Church, also known as the Wesleyan Methodist Church and Wesleyan Holiness Church depending on the region, is a Methodist Christian denomination in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Namibia, Sierra Leone, L ...
.
It is now a private house. The Acton Hall Equestrian Centre
Acton Hall Equestrian Centre website
retrieved Jan 2017 is located in the village too.
References
External links
Hamlets in Staffordshire
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
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