The monument was closed to the public in 2005 and safety barriers erected after cracks were discovered The 9th Duke of Wellington has signed a petition to restore the crumbling Wellington Monument in ...

A memorial to the first Duke of Wellington is to open to the public once more after a multimillion-pound restoration project. Repairing the 175ft (53 metres) Wellington Monument, which stands high ...

The 9th Duke of Wellington has signed a petition to restore the crumbling Wellington Monument in Somerset. Charles Wellesley has agreed to back MP Rebecca Pow's parliamentary petition to save the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A memorial to the first Duke of Wellington is to open to the public once more after a multimillion-pound restoration project.

Charles Wellesley has agreed to back MP Rebecca Pow's parliamentary petition to save the three-sided obelisk, believed to be the world's tallest. The 175ft (53m) landmark was built in 1817 as a ...

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