Tong
Tong is a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, 4 miles northeast of the main town of Stornoway on the B895 road to Back and Tolsta. The population of the village is 527.Photo: AllyLamont, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: AllyLamont, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 527 residents
- Description: village on the island of Lewis in Scotland
- Also known as: “Tong, Lewis”
Photo: AllyLamont, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stornoway Airport and Western Isles Hospital.
Stornoway Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stornoway Airport is an airfield located 2 NM east of the town of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. Stornoway Airport is situated 2 miles south of Tong.
Western Isles Hospital
Hospital
Photo: John Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Western Isles Hospital is a rural general hospital in Stornoway on Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Western Isles. Western Isles Hospital is situated 2 miles southwest of Tong.
Lewis War Memorial
Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lewis War Memorial is a war memorial dedicated to the men from the Lewis area who lost their lives in World War I and those who survived the war only to drown while returning home during the 1919 sinking of HMY Iolaire. Lewis War Memorial is situated 2½ miles southwest of Tong.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newmarket and Steinish.
Newmarket
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newmarket is a village in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, on the Isle of Lewis near Stornoway. It is part of the Leodsoch countryside and a peat site is not far away. Newmarket is situated 1½ miles west of Tong.
Steinish
Village
Photo: Donald Lawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Steinish is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis, near Plasterfield and Stornoway Airport. Steinish is situated within the parish of Stornoway, and is also situated adjacent to the Laxdale estuary. Steinish is situated 1½ miles south of Tong.
Laxdale
Village
Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Laxdale is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. Although nominally a distinct village, Laxdale is now effectively a suburb of Stornoway. Laxdale is situated 2 miles southwest of Tong.
Tong
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.24373° or 58° 14′ 37″ northLongitude
-6.34947° or 6° 20′ 58″ westPopulation
527Open location code
9CCM6MV2+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 498436058OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q7820910
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Tong” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Tong (Lewis)”
- Basque: “Tong”
- Chinese: “汤村”
- Czech: “Tong”
- Dutch: “Tong”
- Estonian: “Tong”
- Estonian: “Tunga”
- French: “Tong”
- German: “Tong”
- Hebrew: “טונג”
- Irish: “Tunga”
- Japanese: “トング”
- Japanese: “トング村”
- Kashubian: “Tong”
- Polish: “Tong”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Tunga”
- Silesian: “Tong”
- Slovak: “Tong”
- Spanish: “Tong”
- Swedish: “Tong, Lewis”
- Swedish: “Tong”
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