Norton Mere

Norton Mere is in Tong, Shropshire, England. Norton Mere is situated nearby to the forest The Gorse, as well as near the historic site milepost.

Places of Interest Nearby

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

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 1 mile northeast of Norton Mere.

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. St Bartholomew’s Church, Tong is situated 1 mile south of Norton Mere.

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 2½ miles south of Norton Mere.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tong and 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.

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. Bishops Wood is situated 2½ miles east of Norton Mere.

Boscobel

Hamlet

Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 Norton Mere.

Norton Mere

Type: Body of water
Location: Tong, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.67697° or 52° 40′ 37″ north

Longitude

-2.30413° or 2° 18′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C4VMMGW+Q8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 31177593

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Gorse and milepost.

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