Acton may refer to:

Places

Antarctica

  • Mount Acton

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, a community
  • Acton, New Brunswick
  • Acton Regional County Municipality, Quebec

New Zealand

  • Acton, New Zealand, a rural community

United Kingdom

England

  • Acton, Cheshire, a village and former civil parish
  • Acton, Cheshire (ancient parish)
  • Acton, Dorset, a hamlet
  • Acton, London, an area of west London
  • Acton (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Acton, Northumberland, a hamlet
  • Acton, Shropshire, a village
  • Acton, Staffordshire, a hamlet
  • Acton, Suffolk, a village and civil parish
  • Acton, Worcestershire
  • Acton Beauchamp, a village and civil parish
  • Acton Bridge, a village in Cheshire

Northern Ireland

  • Acton, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, a hamlet and townland

Wales

  • Acton, Wrexham, a local government community

United States

  • Acton, Alabama, an unincorporated community
  • Acton, California, an unincorporated census-designated place
  • Acton, Florida, a former town
  • Acton, Georgia, an unincorporated community
  • Acton, Indiana, a community
  • Acton, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Acton, Maine, a town
  • Acton, Massachusetts, a town
  • Acton Township, Meeker County, Minnesota
  • Acton, Minnesota, 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 High School (Massachusetts), 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
  • Acton, a minor character in The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
  • Acton, an alternative spelling of aketon (gambeson)

See also

  • Acton Castle, near Perranuthnoe, Cornwall
  • Acton Green (disambiguation)
  • Acton Park (disambiguation)
  • Acton Vale (disambiguation)
  • Acton Works, a London Underground maintenance facility