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 District Council has an open windrow facility in Acton [1] where it composts garden waste collected in the borough into a nutrient rich soil improver for local farms and other places [2] including Trentham Gardens.

The Acton Hall Equestrian Centre [4] is located in the village too.

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