Akeld

Akeld
View over Akeld from the south
Akeld
Akeld shown within Northumberland
Population	221 (2011 census(including Kirknewton))
OS grid reference	NT955295
Unitary authority	Northumberland
Ceremonial county	Northumberland
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WOOLER
Postcode district	NE71
Dialling code	01668
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
EU Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Berwick-upon-Tweed
List of places UK England Northumberland 55°33′32″N 2°04′23″W / 55.559°N 2.073°W / 55.559; -2.073Coordinates: 55°33′32″N 2°04′23″W / 55.559°N 2.073°W / 55.559; -2.073

Akeld is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated to the west of Wooler, and has a population of 82, increasing at the 2011 Census to 221. Its name is Anglo-Saxon Old English ac-helde, 'oak slope'.

Akeld is dominated by the buildings of Akeld Manor and Country Club. To the south is Akeld Bastle, a sixteenth-century bastle house. Only the ground floor remains of the original building, the rest having been rebuilt in the eighteenth century.

From 1887 to 1930 the village was served by Akeld railway station.

Akeld is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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