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Monkton Coke Works
Monkton Coke Works in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
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
Sources
- wikidata: Q6901004 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Monkton Coke Works (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently 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.
- When was Monkton Coke Works built?
- Built or established in 1936.
- How do I get to Monkton Coke Works?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE31 2JZ. It sits within the Jarrow and Gateshead East parliamentary constituency.