{"id":512419,"date":"2026-04-04T11:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/512419\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:13:30","slug":"inside-plans-for-the-uks-biggest-christian-monument-set-to-be-50-metres-tall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/512419\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Plans for the UK\u2019s Biggest Christian Monument \u2013 Set to be 50 Metres Tall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a couple of years, weary travellers driving through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/warwickshire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warwickshire<\/a> will have a new excuse to park up and stretch their legs for an hour or two.\u00a0Drivers\u00a0on the M6 and M42 won\u2019t be able to miss a\u00a0giant concrete band that curves and twists in a loop more than 50m high.<\/p>\n<p>The Coleshill monument, named \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eternalwall.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer<\/a>\u2019, will become the largest piece of Christian art in the UK when it is completed in 2028. Made with one million white bricks and constructed from 188 differently shaped precast concrete elements, each brick represents the story of a prayer which has been answered.<\/p>\n<p>Architects were first commissioned to design the \u2018wall\u2019 \u2013 a sculptural, ribbon-like structure known as a M\u00f6bius strip \u2013 in 2016. Construction began at the end of last year after the project\u2019s \u00a340 million fundraising target was met, with more than 20,000 supporters contributing.<\/p>\n<p>As for what visitors can expect once the project is completed, 10 acres of green space, and footpaths, will surround the wall. The structure itself will top out at 51.5 metres tall and be 80 metres wide, making it over twice the size of secular sculpture the Angel of the North and significantly bigger than Rio de Janeiro\u2019s Christ the Redeemer, at 30 metres.<\/p>\n<p>An interactive element has also been added, and visitors will be able to read each brick\u2019s answered prayer via a mobile app. Elsewhere on the site will be a visitor centre and a 24\/7 prayer room.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Eternal Wall of Answered Prayers is a registered charity, and the people behind the project hope the Eternal Wall will attract 250,000 visitors a year, who will be able to access the monument for free.\u00a0The charity said it was continuing to fundraise for a further \u00a35.7m to make the site fully operational.<\/p>\n<p>More than just for drivers to gawp at on the Ms 6 and 42, the structure will also be\u00a0visible to\u00a0those\u00a0flying into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/uk\/news\/the-major-british-airport-that-is-spending-300-million-on-improvements-over-the-next-four-years-102725\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Birmingham Airport<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Did you see that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/uk\/news\/a-mighty-labyrinth-with-beautiful-views-has-opened-in-cornwall-and-its-free-to-visit-040126\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a\u00a0mighty labyrinth with beautiful views has opened in Cornwall \u2013 and it\u2019s free to visit<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Plus: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/uk\/news\/a-new-3-million-museum-will-create-a-visitor-attraction-in-this-waterside-town-near-london-032626\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a\u00a0new \u00a33 million museum will create a visitor attraction in this waterside town near London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in the loop: sign up to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/uk\/newsletter?cid=uk~editorial~acquisition~newsletter~contentlink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">free Time Out UK newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for the latest UK news and the best stuff happening across the country.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a couple of years, weary travellers driving through Warwickshire will have a new excuse to park up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1422,59,57,58,50,67441,1420,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-512419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-categories-things-to-do","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-greatbritain","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-news-weird-wonderful","14":"tag-things-to-do","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}