Key facts
- Area
- 9.20 km (3.55 sq mi)
- Population
- 62,480
- Density
- 6,791/km (17,590/sq mi)
- Os grid reference
- TQ205805
- Charing cross
- 6.1 mi (9.8 km) W
- London borough
- Ealing Hammersmith & Fulham
- Ceremonial county
- Greater London
- Region
- London
- Country
- England
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- LONDON
- Postcode district
- W3, W4, W12
- Dialling code
- 020
- Police
- Metropolitan
- Fire
- London
- Ambulance
- London
- Uk parliament
- Ealing Central and Acton
- London assembly
- Ealing and Hillingdon West Central
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Encyclopedic overview
Map of the London Borough of Ealing, showing the location of Acton, one of Ealing's seven major towns. Acton (/ˈæktən/) is a town in West London, England, within the London Borough of Ealing. It is 6.1 miles (10 km) west of Charing Cross.
At the 2011 census, its four wards, East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton and Southfield, had a population of 62,480, a ten-year increase of 8,791 people. North Acton, West Acton, East Acton, South Acton, Acton Green, Acton Town, Acton Vale and Acton Central are all parts of Acton.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.