Within this website there are web pages on each of the
following parish groups or organisations.
Just click on a blue button below to find out more.
WEATHER FORECAST
SCHOOL
JOB VACANCY
Acklington
C. of E. First School requires a temporary catering
assistant (7.5 hours per week). The job involves
setting tables, serving food (delivered from Amble),
tidying kitchen, stacking dish washer and clearing up in
the hall after lunches. For more details please
click here.
USEFUL WEBSITE LINKS
We have put together a list of some local, useful and
interesting websites.
Whether you want to contact your MP, see what's on at
the Playhouse, receive help from the local Citizens
Advice Bureau, view job vacancies, or simply browse some
good sites, a couple of clicks may get you there.
PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY
To access Northumberland County Council's Public Right
of Way Map, which shows the rights of way in our parish
and in our county, please click on the map below.
ST OSWALD'S WAY
St. Oswald’s Way
is a long-distance walking route, exploring some
of the finest landscapes and fascinating history
of Northumberland. The route runs through the
centre of our parish.
To find out more, please click on the button
below.
KEEP UP TO DATE
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However you get your information it is so
important to
keep up to date
with all that is going on
in this small but very
busy community.
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COUNTRY
MUSIC FESTIVAL REVIEW
A Northumberland music festival held in Acklington
Village on 6th August proved to be a huge success.
Acklington Sports Club for young people has started
again on Friday evenings in Acklington Village
Hall.
6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. for everyone. Cost
£1
This is your Sports Club so please
tell us
what you would like to do.
Bring your ideas, bring your mates -
everyone is welcome
Sharon 01670 760743
Lorna 01670 761446
DID YOU
KNOW?
We have an extremely rare tree in our
parish
This tree (situated in the NE corner of the playing
field at Acklington First School) is very special. Not
only is it a rare Black Poplar, believed to be the most
northerly in the British Isles, but it is more than
likely the oldest thing living in our parish.
Furthermore, in 2015 the tree made the national final
in the Woodland's Trust's "Tree of the Year" contest
(the only tree in the north east to have done so) and
came a commendable seventh in the competition.
Black Poplars can grow up to one hundred feet tall and
appear in many of Constable's paintings, including the
Hay Wain.
The Black Poplar is one of Britain's rarest native trees
and it is also one of the most endangered.
Without
active conservation the Black Poplars could soon become
extinct in this country.
Acklington once boasted a very proud RAF
Station
The RAF Station at Acklington played a major part in the
history of our parish and indeed the history of the
country?
The first enemy aircraft to crash on English soil was
shot down in 1940 by pilots from RAF Acklington.
For more information press the RECENT HISTORY link
button below.
Acklington is obviously a very
prestigious name in the fashion world
Acklington gives its name to a style of men's
trousers which are produced by the outfitters Jack
Wills and cost the pricely sum of £119.00
Well... they often say you "pay for the name"
Fancy a pair?
...and just so the ladies don't feel left out, you can
purchase an Acklington handbag from Radley.
Radley is one of Britain's highly recognised designer
brands in leather bags. Its flagship store is based in
London at 92 Kings Road and one of their lines in
handbags is called
"The Acklington Family"
Obviously the name "Acklington" suggests high quality...
as do the prices!
Medium Across Body Bag
- £99
Large Across Body Bag
- £179
Bucket Shoulder Bag
- £229
(Not kidding, honestly!)
HMP NORTHUMBERLAND CALLOUTS PUTTING 'STRAIN' ON
NORTH EAST AMBULANCE SERVICES
The
following article was published by Chronicle Live on
18th September 2016
HMP
Northumberland at Acklington in Northumberland
Emergency callouts to a troubled prison are putting
an “unsustainable” strain on an already-stretched
ambulance service, it was claimed today.
Campaigners believe paramedics’ time could be better
spent after figures revealed they visited the
crisis-hit HMP Northumberland 83 times in the first
three months of this year.
A freedom of information request sent to the North
East Ambulance Service shows that in 2015 and the
start of 2016, ambulances were sometimes called out
to the Acklington jail several times in one day.
On March 14, crews attended FIVE different
emergencies at the prison, which houses up to 1,348
people.
Although some of the callouts recorded were for
health issues such as heart problems or strokes,
others were for overdoses, assaults and bleeding.
Scott Dickinson, Labour councillor for Druridge Bay,
in Northumberland, called for “urgent” action.
He said: “I’m very concerned that additional and
unsustainable strain is being placed on
Northumberland’s public services by the way this
prison is being run.
“In the first three months of this year, ambulances
have had to attend the prison over 80 times. This is
diverting a vital resource that is already facing
Government cuts to a prison that is now being run
for private profit.
“This is totally unacceptable. Residents are already
referring to the prison as in ‘crisis’ and we need
to see action urgently.”
TROUBLED PRISON CALLS IN REINFORCEMENTS IN WAKE OF
PRISONERS 'RIOT'
The
following article was published by Chronicle Live on
14th September 2016
HMP
Northumberland at Acklington in Northumberland
Prison staff were forced to call in national
reinforcements after what insiders described as a
“riot” broke out.
An inmate at the privately-run HMP Northumberland
claimed a group of prisoners had threatened guards
with makeshift weapons including pool balls in
socks, and smashed a pool table.
The man, who said the chaos broke out on Sunday,
added: “They haven’t got enough staff here, that’s
why the riot kicked off. It’s because they’re
getting locked up early, some days they’re locked up
all the time.”
Another inmate said the disruption from the incident
carried on until the next morning, preventing people
in other blocks from attending their usual work
assignments.
A HOST OF SCARECROWS DESCENDS ON NORTHUMBERLAND
VILLAGE
The
following article was published by the
Northumberland Gazette on 13th August 2016
Imogen Bush
and Dylan Gair, both four, with the Pikachu
scarecrow.
A film star, a football hero and a host of
children’s characters have invaded a Northumberland
village today.
Visitors to the fifth annual Acklington Scarecrow
Trail were able to spot the BFG (Roald Dahl’s Big
Friendly Giant, who is the subject of a new
blockbuster movie), Welsh wizard footballer Gareth
Bale, the Gruffalo, Pokemon character Pikachu and
even Oor Wullie.
Owen
Beverley, 10, and Ashton Beverley, seven, with their
scarecrow Rio Gummidge, the Olympic Torch Bearer.
They made the scarecrow with Grace Bryant, 13.
Visitors were also asked to choose their favourite
scarecrow, the result of which will be published in
Thursday’s Northumberland Gazette.
The 20 displays were inventive, amusing and
colourful, and a trail, costing £1, helped plot a
course round the village. Refreshments and tombola
tickets were sold in the village hall, with proceeds
being donated to Acklington church.
The BFG on
the Acklington Scarecrow Trail.
Gareth Bale
or Jack Straw - Acklington Scarecrow Trail 2016
Pictured
below are some of the organisers of the Acklington
Scarecrow Trail. Back row, fom left, Janet Bell and
Barbara Cock. Front row, Rev Mike Dent, Margaret
Hammond and Mary Guy.
Members of the
Acklington Church Events Group
To see
pictures of all the exhibits in this
year's Scarecrow Festival (and to find out the
winners) please
CLICK HERE
RECENT
PARISH NEWS
If you want to see the stories from Acklington
parish that made the news last year
(from a trip to Buckingham Palace for one of our
parishioners - to a national final for one of our
trees)
then
you can do so by clicking on the link below.
News from 2014
can also be accessed by clicking on the following
link:
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