Visit Tong, Shropshire Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Tong, Shropshire

  

Tong, Shropshire Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Tong, Shropshire

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Tong, Shropshire history

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The name of the village derives from the Old English Tweonga, which means a pinched piece of land. The village lies just to the north of the M54 in Shropshire. The A41 road used to run through the village, but after heavy traffic and the death of a child under a lorry, it was bypassed in 1963.

Escape of Charles II

Charles II spent the night of 4/5 September 1651 at Hobbal Grange in the parish of Tong as a guest of Richard Penderel. The bells he heard were the bells of St. Bartholomew’s.

You can visit Tong, Shropshire places with Walkfo Tong, Shropshire to hear history at Tong, Shropshire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Tong, Shropshire has 13 places to visit in our interactive Tong, Shropshire map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Tong, Shropshire, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Tong, Shropshire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Tong, Shropshire & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 13 audio facts unique to Tong, Shropshire places in an interactive Tong, Shropshire map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Tong, Shropshire Places Map
13 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Tong, Shropshire tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Tong, Shropshire

  

Best Tong, Shropshire places to visit

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Tong, Shropshire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Tong, Shropshire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Tong, Shropshire’s information audio spots:

Weston-under-Lizard Weston-under-Lizard is a village in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire. It constitutes a civil parish with Blymhill, called Blylmhill and Weston. The village is on the A5 and is very close to the county boundary with Shropshire. To the south of the village is Weston Park the ancestral home of the Earls of Bradford.

Weston Park Weston Park is a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire. The 17th-century Hall is a Grade I listed building and several other features of the estate are separately listed as Grade II. The house retains its art collection with over 30,000 objects.

St Andrew’s Church, Weston-under-Lizard The Church of St Andrew, Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire is a Grade I listed Anglican church. It was largely rebuilt in the early 18th century by Elizabeth Wilbraham of Weston Park. It remains a functioning parish church in the Diocese of Lichfield.

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