White Oak Hill

White Oak Hill is a hill in Tong, Shropshire, England and has an elevation of 518 feet. White Oak Hill is situated nearby to the village Bishops Wood, as well as near the hamlet Boscobel.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Oak and Boscobel House.

Royal Oak

Photo: Sjwells53, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Royal Oak was the English oak tree within which the future King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

Boscobel House is a Grade II* listed building in the parish of Boscobel in Shropshire. It has been, at various times, a farmhouse, a hunting lodge, and a holiday home; but it is most famous for its role in the escape of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bishops Wood and Boscobel.

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.

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.

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. Tong is situated 2½ miles southwest of White Oak Hill.

White Oak Hill

Type: Hill with an elevation of 518 feet
Category: landform
Location: Tong, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.67908° or 52° 40′ 45″ north

Longitude

-2.25251° or 2° 15′ 9″ west

Elevation

518 feet (158 metres)

Open location code

9C4VMPHW+JX

GeoNames ID

12622061

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