Acklington

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 'farmstead of Eadlac's people'.

Acklington is the home of two prisons: HMP Acklington houses adults [ [http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=223,15,2,15,223,0 HM Prison Service - Locate a Prison - Acklington ] ] , while HMPYOI Castington houses young offenders. [www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=317,15,2,15,317,0] The prisons are built on the site of RAF Acklington, a former airfield which opened during World War II. [ [http://www.criminal-information-agency.com/related_images.php?recordID=26&&info=HMP%20and%20YOI%20Castington&&category=prison Related Images for HMP and YOI Castington - Criminal Information Agency.com ] ] The RAF station was used as an Armament Practice Camp with the aircraft operating over Druridge Bay. Acklington won the prestigious accolade of Northumberland Village of the Year in 2007. [ [http://ca-north.org.uk/cgi-bin/contray/contray.cgi?DATA=&ID=000011&GROUP=013 Village of the Year 2007 - county winners ] ]

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* [http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N12975 Local history]

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