| 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)[1] |
| Post Town: | MORPETH |
| Postcode Area: | NE |
| Postcode District: | NE65 |
| Dial Code: | 01670 |
| Os Grid Reference: | NU229019 |
| Coordinates: | 55.311°N -1.64°W |
| 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.[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]
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.
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. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.