Santas climb scaffolding to repair Somerset's Wellington Monument

Scaffolders dressed as Santas have put up scaffolding around a historic monument ahead of repair work.

The team of Father Christmas-lookalikes have covered the Wellington Monument on the Blackdown Hills in Somerset.

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The Grade II listed obelisk was built in 1817 as a tribute to the Duke of Wellington's victory at Waterloo.

The National Trust said the project to repair the monument's crumbling stonework and falling debris will cost £3.45m and take 18 months to complete.

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