Wales and Marches Group visit to Tong and Cosford

Event details

Saturday 13 September 2025, 10am

Join the Wales and Marches Group in Tong and Cosford to see St Bartholomew's Church and The White Ladies Priory, Cosford. Our tour will be led by local historian Robert Perry.

The morning will see a tour of the Grade I St Bartholomew’s Church at Tong. We’ll take in the church its many impressive tombs, and the ruins of Tong Castle adjacent to the Church – demolished in 1954 to make way for the M54. 

We suggest lunch in the Bell Inn, Tong Norton or Albrighton Garden Centre.

In the afternoon, we’ll visit the ruins of The White Ladies Priory a 12th century Augustinian nunnery.

You will need

Please wear stout shoes, and be prepared with a waterproof and umbrella if the weather is wet. We will be accessing the Priory Ruins along an unmade track.

How to get there

Tong Village Hall 
Hubbal Ln, Shifnal 
TF11 8PR

Tong is one mile North of Junction 3 on the M54, off the A41.

For the afternoon visit to The White Ladies Priory, parking is very limited, and the hope is that 'car sharing' can be agreed from the garden centre at lunchtime. 

Accessibility

The several hundred yards from the road to the Priory Ruins is along an unmade track which will be muddy if the weather is wet.

Anything we can do to make this event more accessible for you? Please email membership@spab.org.uk.

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Photo credit: Ruins of White Ladies Priory CC BY SA 4.0 Nilfanion via Wikimedia Commons