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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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 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 Castle.
Albrighton
Village
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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 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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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“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”
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