Acton
Located in Whitmore, Newcastle-under-Lyme District Coordinates: 52°58′12″ N 2°15′52″ W
- Elevation
- 167 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- MAN Manchester Airport42 km
- LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport56 km
About Acton
Acton is a village. Location: Whitmore, Newcastle-under-Lyme District. Elevation: 167 m.
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 where it composts garden waste collected in the borough into a nutrient rich soil improver for local farms and other places including Trentham Gardens.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photos of Acton
Climate of Acton
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 73 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 20°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 0°)
- Wettest month
- November (73 mm)
- Driest month
- February (49 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 15° | 17° | 20° | 19° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 0° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 6° | 3° | 1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 68 | 49 | 58 | 51 | 56 | 66 | 52 | 70 | 63 | 67 | 73 | 71 |
How to get to Acton
The nearest airport is Manchester Airport (MAN), 42 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Newcastle-under-Lyme, 4 km to the northeast.
Airports
- Manchester Airport (MAN) Manchester, Greater Manchester 42 kmnorth
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) Liverpool 56 kmnorthwest
- East Midlands Airport (EMA) Nottingham, Leicestershire 65 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Population: 127.7K 4 kmnortheast
- Stoke-on-Trent Population: 258.4K 7 kmnortheast
- Telford Population: 155.6K 35 kmsouth
- Wolverhampton Population: 263.7K 44 kmsouth
- Burton-on-Trent Population: 122.2K 46 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Acton
Within 100 km: 848 historic and cultural sites, 1,561 natural sites, 158 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km100 places
- Duckbay Island Island 24 kmW
- The Cloud Mountain 24 kmN
- Gun Mountain 25 kmNE
- Old Man of Mow Mountain 17 kmN
25–60 km670 places
- Horninglow island Island 47 kmE
- Saint George's Island Island 56 kmN
- Brown's Island Island 46 kmSE
- Holme Nook Island 53 kmE
60–100 km1,797 places
- Thurstaston Beach Beach 72 kmNW
- Formby Beach Beach 86 kmNW
- Ainsdale Beach Beach 89 kmNW
- Hilbre Island Island 79 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Whitmore Heath Mountain, Whitmore2.5 km W
-
Hanchurch Hills Mountain, Swynnerton2.4 km SE
-
Coombesdale Hill Mountain, Maer3.8 km SW
-
Kingswood Bank Mountain, Swynnerton3.5 km E
-
Keele Observatory Mountain, Keele3.9 km N
-
Britannia Stadium Landmark, Stoke-on-Trent6.3 km E
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources