Tong Castle

Tong Castle was a very large mostly Gothic country house in Shropshire whose site is between Wolverhampton and Telford, set within a park landscaped by Capability Brown, on the site of a medieval castle of the same name.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Bartholomew’s Church, Tong and Weston Park.

St Bartholomew’s Church, Tong

Church

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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. St Bartholomew’s Church, Tong is situated 2,100 feet south of Tong Castle.

Weston Park

Park

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Weston Park is a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England, set in more than 1,000 acres of park landscaped by Capability Brown. The park is located 10 miles north-west of Wolverhampton, and 8 miles east of Telford, close to the border with Shropshire. Weston Park is situated 1½ miles northeast of Tong Castle.

Royal Air Force Museum Midlands

Museum

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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. Royal Air Force Museum Midlands is situated 2 miles south of Tong Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tong and Boscobel.

Tong

Village

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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.

Boscobel

Hamlet

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Boscobel was 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 Castle.

Albrighton

Village

Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Albrighton is a large village in the civil parish of Albrighton and Donington, in Shropshire, England, 8 miles northwest of Wolverhampton and 11 miles northeast of Bridgnorth. Albrighton is situated 2½ miles southeast of Tong Castle.

Tong Castle

Type: Castle
Description: large country house in Shropshire, demolished in 1954
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Tong, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.66933° or 52° 40′ 10″ north

Longitude

-2.30576° or 2° 18′ 21″ west

Elevation

276 feet (84 metres)

Open location code

9C4VMM9V+PM

GeoNames ID

6286993

Wikidata ID

Q7820912

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Tong Castle” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Tong Castle Hill”
French: “château de Tong”
French: “Château de Tong”
German: “Tong Castle”
Italian: “Castello di Tong”
Swedish: “Tong Castle Hill”
Turkish: “Tong Kalesi”

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