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.
There is a redundant church in the village bearing the inscription Wesleyan Church. It is now a private house. The Acton Hall Equestrian Centre is located in the village too.