Ackleton

{{short description|Village in Shropshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}

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{{infobox UK place|

|country = England

|static_image_name = The Red Cow at Ackleton, closed for the afternoon - geograph.org.uk - 749533.jpg

|static_image_caption = The Red Cow public house, Ackleton

|coordinates = {{coord|52.586|-2.340|display=inline,title}}

|official_name = Ackleton

|population =

|population_ref =

|civil_parish = Worfield

|unitary_england = Shropshire

|lieutenancy_england = Shropshire

|region = West Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Ludlow

|post_town = WOLVERHAMPTON

|postcode_district = WV6

|postcode_area = WV

|dial_code = 01746

|os_grid_reference = SO769988

}}

Ackleton is a village in the English county of Shropshire. It is in the civil parish of Worfield.

Lying some {{Convert|7|mi|4=0}} from the market town of Bridgnorth, the village is the home of the two pubs with restaurants, The Red Cow and The Folley.

Ackleton is believed to have inspired the fictional village of Eckleton in writings of P. G. Wodehouse, whose parents lived in nearby Stableford.{{cite book |last=Dickins |first=Gordon |title=An Illustrated Literary Guide to Shropshire |year=1987 |publisher=Shropshire Libraries, Shrewsbury |pages=82–83 |isbn=0-903802-37-6}}