Tong, Shropshire Weather
About Tong, Shropshire
Tong holds the quiet gravity of a place where the earth remembers the weight of medieval stone and the slow turning of seasons. It lies 6.2 miles east of Telford (from Telford: bearing 97°T, OS grid SJ 796 073), and is situated north-north-west of Albrighton village. The horizon here is defined by the rigid, enduring geometry of the Churchyard Cross at St Bartholomew’s Church, which anchors the landscape against the shifting Shropshire light. Nearby, the fractured masonry of the Tong Infirmary suggests a time when the care of the body was as much a matter of prayer as of medicine. A short distance away, the grass-covered ramparts of the Castle Hill Motte and Bailey Castle rise from the fields, retaining the silent, defensive posture of a long-vanished age. These vestiges of the past linger in the damp air, offering a stark contrast to the verdant, rolling pastures that define the modern character of Tong. Even the wind seems to carry the echoes of the medieval college that once stood as a centre of learning before the centuries reclaimed the stone. To walk these lanes is to observe how the topography dictates the rhythm of life, as if the soil itself insists on preserving the ghosts of its own history.
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Live animated radar for Tong and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Tong, Shropshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tong, Shropshire, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Tong includes coordinates 52.663885, -2.302549, in the county of Shropshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Tong is available on the Tong map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Shropshire weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.