Work has begun on a Britain’s largest monument to Christianity just outside Birmingham.

The Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer is designed as a distinctive Möbius strip reaching 51-metres into the sky, more than double the height of the Angel of the North.

Situated between the M6 and the M42 in Coleshill, the monument will comprise of one million bricks, each with a story of an answered prayer which can be viewed on visitors’ phones.

Visible to motorway users, passengers on flights to and from Birmingham Airport and even from future HS2 trains, the scheme will include ten acres of green space, a visitor centre and a facility for conferences.

A groundbreaking ceremony will take place on Wednesday for the project, which was possible thanks to a £40 million fundraiser.

Designers are hoping

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