Monkton Coke Works

This article is about Monkton Coke Works in Tyne and Wear and is not to be confused with Monckton Coke Works.

Monkton Coke Works was a coking plant near Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, England.

Monkton Coke Works
Monkton Coke Works in 1989
Location	Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Coordinates	54.957057°N 1.511200°W / 54.957057; -1.511200
OS grid reference	NZ314626
Location in Tyne and Wear

History

The works were constructed in 1936, as the government's response to the Jarrow Hunger March in 1932.^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]}