Other places · North East England
Monkton Coke Works
In or near Hebburn.
Monkton Coke Works in England North East, United Kingdom.
Oliver Dixon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Fellgate · 1.7 km
About
Monkton Coke Works is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Monkton Coke Works was a coking plant near Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The works were constructed in 1936, as the government's response to the Jarrow Hunger March in 1932. The plant closed in 1990 and was demolished in 1992. In September 2022, a book called CLEAN AIR was released on Amazon, detailing the campaign for clean air that the community living next to Monkton Coke Works led.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.9571, -1.5112
- District
- South Tyneside
- Parish
- South Tyneside, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE31 2JZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East
- Established
- 1936
- Nearest railway station
- Fellgate — 1.7 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q6901004 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Monkton Coke Works (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Monkton Coke Works?
- Monkton Coke Works is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE31 2JZ), in the parish of South Tyneside, unparished area.
- What is Monkton Coke Works?
- Monkton Coke Works in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Monkton Coke Works?
- The nearest railway station is Fellgate, about 1.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode NE31 2JZ.
- When was Monkton Coke Works built?
- Built or established in 1936.
- How do I get to Monkton Coke Works?
- The nearest railway station is Fellgate, about 1.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE31 2JZ.