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