Monkton Burn

Mouth: Monkton, South Tyneside

Source: Wardley, South Tyneside

Length: 4.141km [1]

Length of Waterways: 4.163km

Tributary Of: River Don

Etymology: Named for Monkton, Tyne and Wear, which itself is an Old English origin, deriving from monk (man who belongs to religious order), and tun, meaning town or village. [2]

Regions:

• North East

Counties:

• Tyne and Wear (Ceremonial)

• County Durham (Historical)

Quick Trivia:

• In 2024, Northumbrian Waters accidentally polluted the Monkton Burn via a burst pipe and was forced to pay Tyne Rivers Trust £50,000. [3]

Image taken 12th October 2025.

Depicts Monkton Burn not far from its discharge into River Don.

The Monkton Burn is sourced close to Wardley, approximately 1.8 miles from the River Don's source in Springwell. The burn flows northward past the Fellgate METRO Station tracks and past the Monkton Stadium not long after, to where its course it set eastward. It flows through Monkton via Monkton Dene Park and Springwell Park, and flows into the River Don.

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