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* '''Nearest [[Tube]] stations:''' [[Monument Station|Monument]] or [[Bank Station|Bank]]. [[London Bridge Station|London Bridge]] for a pleasant walk across the [[Thames]], and a good view of [[Tower Bridge]] and [[HMS Belfast]].
 * '''Nearest [[Tube]] stations:''' (of course) [[Monument Station|Monument]] or [[Bank Station|Bank]]. [[London Bridge Station|London Bridge]] for a pleasant walk across the [[Thames]], and a good view of [[Tower Bridge]] and [[HMS Belfast]].
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<td>This fireball-topped column is a Christopher Wren designed monument commemorating the 1666 Great Fire of London.
 <td>This fireball-topped column is a Christopher Wren designed monument to the Great Fire of London of 1666. Now owned and maintained by the [[Corporation of London]], for a small admission fee you can climb the 303 steps of the internal staircase to the small, caged-in viewing platform at the top, for which you can expect to receive a certificate. The height marks the distance of the monument from the spot where the fire started.
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Maintained and run by the [[Corporation of London]], for a small admission fee you can climb the 303 steps of the internal staircase to the small, caged-in viewing platform at the top, for which you can expect to receive a certificate. The height of the monument equals the distance from the base to the spot where the fire started.

=== Admission ===

The Monument is presently closed for renovation.

=== Access ===

There are no stopping points on the stairway, and some may find using the stairs challenging.</td>
 Admission: children under 16, &pound;1.00, adults, &pound;2.00. (as of October 2003). Warning: there are no stopping points on the stairway, and some may find the attempt up challenging.</td>
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<td><img src="pictures/spiral_staircase_in_monument.jpg" width="400" height="302" alt="Stairwell in the Monument"><br>
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summary='Christopher Wren's Monument to the Great Fire of London'
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The Monument
The Monument. (Photo by IvorW)		 This fireball-topped column is a Christopher Wren designed monument to the Great Fire of London of 1666. Now owned and maintained by the Corporation of London, for a small admission fee you can climb the 303 steps of the internal staircase to the small, caged-in viewing platform at the top, for which you can expect to receive a certificate. The height marks the distance of the monument from the spot where the fire started.

Admission: children under 16, £1.00, adults, £2.00. (as of October 2003). Warning: there are no stopping points on the stairway, and some may find the attempt up challenging.
Stairwell in the Monument
Stairwell in the Monument. (Photo by DrHyde)


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