The Gorse
The Gorse is a forest in Tong, Shropshire, England. The Gorse is situated nearby to the hamlet Tong Norton, as well as near the village Weston under Lizard.Places of Interest
Highlights include Weston Park and St Bartholomew’s Church, Tong.
Weston Park
Park
Photo: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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.
Cosford railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cosford railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Cosford in Shropshire, England. It also serves RAF Cosford which is also home to a branch of the Royal Air Force Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shifnal and Albrighton.
Shifnal
Photo: Shropman, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Shifnal is a small market town in Shropshire. Some writers have claimed that Shifnal was the inspiration for Market Blandings, a town that appears in several of P.G.
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.
Tong
Village
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
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.
The Gorse
- Type: Forest
- Location: Tong, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.6773° or 52° 40′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.2987° or 2° 17′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C4VMPG2+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 176934354OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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