Tong
Tong is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, also bordering Staffordshire in England. It is located between the towns of Shifnal, Newport and Brewood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 255 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Shropshire, UK
- Also known as: “Tong, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Bartholomew’s Church, Tong and Royal Air Force Museum Midlands.
St Bartholomew’s Church, Tong
Church
Photo: Terry Fellows, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Collegiate Church of St Bartholomew, Tong is a 15th-century church in the village of Tong, Shropshire, England, notable for its architecture and fittings, including its fan vaulting in a side chapel, rare in Shropshire, and its numerous tombs.
Royal Air Force Museum Midlands
Museum
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, located at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, is a free museum dedicated to the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force in particular.
RAF Cosford
Aerodrome
Photo: John Chorley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Air Force Cosford or RAF Cosford is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Cosford, Shropshire, England just to the northwest of Wolverhampton and next to Albrighton. RAF Cosford is situated 1½ miles south of Tong.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Albrighton and Boscobel.
Albrighton
Village
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Albrighton is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, 8 miles northwest of Wolverhampton and 11 miles northeast of Bridgnorth. The village has a railway station on the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton Line, and is near to RAF Cosford and the M54 motorway. Albrighton is situated 2 miles southeast of Tong.
Boscobel
Hamlet
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boscobel is a civil parish in the east of Shropshire, England, on the border with Staffordshire. To the north is the Staffordshire village of Bishops Wood. Boscobel is situated 2½ miles east of Tong.
Bishops Wood
Village
Bishops Wood, or Bishopswood is a small village on the Staffordshire border with Shropshire. It is home to the Royal Oak public house, the first to be named after the nearby oak tree at Boscobel House in which King Charles II hid after the Battle of Worcester. Bishops Wood is situated 2½ miles northeast of Tong.
Tong
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Tong, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.66372° or 52° 39′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.30145° or 2° 18′ 5″ westPopulation
255Elevation
308 feet (94 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB TNOOpen location code
9C4VMM7X+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 346645194OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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