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<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.
<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. The height marks the distance of the monument from the spot where the fire started.
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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>
Admission: children under 16, &pound;1.00, adults, &pound;2.00. (as of October 2003)</td>
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The Monument
The Monument. (Photo by aegidian)
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. 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)

Stairwell in the Monument
Stairwell in the Monument. (Photo by DrHyde)


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