Wellington Monument

Wellington Monument with scaffolding

The view from the top of Wellington Monument

Important notice -

Our car park is now open. We have limited spaces, so if the car park is full please come back another time.

A striking landmark at the heart of an appeal for repair, on the edge of the Blackdown Hills.

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Family walking in the woodland at Box Hill, Surrey

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Wellington Monument

Our work

A deep crack in the stonework of the Wellington Monument, Somerset — A deep crack in the stonework of the Wellington Monument

Wellington Monument appeal

To perform a full repair, returning the monument to the stature that was originally intended, and making this special place a more enjoyable place to visit we have a lot of work to do.

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Repairing Wellington Monument

The £3.45m project to repair Wellington Monument has now begun. There'll be scaffolding going up over the winter, ahead of work starting in the spring. Find out the latest on the project here.

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Wellington Monument

History

Wellington Monument

The ups and downs of Wellington Monument

The rocky history of the Wellington Monument, the tallest three-sided obelisk in the world.

Wellington Monument

Eating

Brocolli & cheese filo parcel

Bake this broccoli & cheese parcel in honour of Wellington Monument

Cook your very own 'Wellington Wellington' inspired by the restoration of Wellington Monument. Work continues at the site with socially distanced masonry work. Bake our very own vegetarian pastry parcel with our recipe.

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Fyne Court courtyard in the sunshine

Fyne Court

Explore a wild garden

The front of Knightshayes house in the summer

Knightshayes

Discover Knightshayes - a great post-war garden, 19th-century parkland and grand Gothic Revival architecture by Victorian visionary William Burges.

A view from the graveyard at Loughwood Meeting House

Loughwood Meeting House

Atmospheric 17th-century thatched Baptist meeting house

Pine trees in a plantation with sunlight gleaming through

Ashclyst Forest

A magical forest on the Killerton estate and one of the largest woods in East Devon.

The gardens at Shute come alive with colour during spring and summer

Shute Barton

Medieval house with later architectural features

The Second Parlour at Coleridge Cottage

Coleridge Cottage

Home of Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Wellington Monument

Prices

Admission free

What is Gift Aid?

Most of our places run the Gift Aid on Entry scheme at their admission points.

Under this scheme, if you're not a member you have the choice of two entry tickets:

Gift Aid Admission
Standard Admission

If the place runs Gift Aid on Entry, we'll offer you a clear choice between the Gift Aid Admission prices and the Standard Admission prices at the admission point. It's entirely up to you which ticket you choose.

Gift Aid Admission includes a 10 per cent or more voluntary donation. Gift Aid Admissions let us reclaim tax on the whole amount paid - an extra 25 per cent - potentially a very significant boost to our places' funds.

An extra £1 paid under the scheme can be worth over £3 to the National Trust as shown below:

	Gift Aid	Standard
Amount paid by visitor	£11.00	£10.00
Tax refund from Government*	£2.75	£0.00
Total received by the National Trust	£13.75	£10.00

*Gift Aid Admissions let us reclaim tax on the whole amount paid - an extra 25 per cent - potentially a very significant boost to our places' funds.

Wellington Monument

Opening times

Important notice -

Our car park is now open. We have limited spaces, so if the car park is full please come back another time.

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