Newark-on-Trent
Newark-on-Trent is a market town in Nottinghamshire, on the edge of Sherwood Forest, with a population in 2021 of 30,000. It’s best known as the place where King Charles I surrendered during the English Civil War.Photo: Neilgreatorex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 27,700 residents
- Description: market town in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England
- Also known as: “Newark”, “Newark on Trent”, “Newark upon Trent”, and “Newark, Nottinghamshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Newark Castle and Newark Castle railway station.
Newark Castle
Castle
Photo: David Ingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newark Castle, in Newark-on-Trent in the English county of Nottinghamshire, was founded in the mid 12th century by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln. Originally a timber castle, it was rebuilt in stone towards the end of the century.
Newark Castle railway station
Railway station
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Newark Castle is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Newark-on-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, England; the other is Newark Northgate on the East Coast Main Line.
Newark Northgate railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newark Northgate is one of two railway stations serving the market town of Newark-on-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, England; the other is Newark Castle, sited closer to the town centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winthorpe and South Muskham.
Winthorpe
Village
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winthorpe is a village and civil parish located 2 miles northeast of Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 650, falling to 595 at the 2021 census.
South Muskham
Village
Photo: Christine Hasman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Muskham is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, close to the border with Lincolnshire. It is located west of the River Trent and the A1 road, 2 miles north of Newark-upon-Trent. South Muskham is situated 2 miles north of Newark-on-Trent.
Kelham
Village
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kelham is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is about 3 miles northwest of Newark on a bend in the A617 road near its crossing of the River Trent.
Newark-on-Trent
- Categories: market town and locality
- Location: Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.0762° or 53° 4′ 35″ northLongitude
-0.8091° or 0° 48′ 33″ westPopulation
27,700Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB NUTOpen location code
9C5X35GR+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 26984887OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Newark-on-Trent” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نيورك أونترنت”
- Basque: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Belarusian: “Ньюарк-он-Трэнт”
- Bengali: “নিউয়ার্ক”
- Bulgarian: “Нюарк он Трент”
- Catalan: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Cebuano: “Newark on Trent”
- Cebuano: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Chinese: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Chinese: “特伦特河畔纽瓦克”
- Chinese: “特倫特河畔紐瓦克”
- Czech: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Dutch: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Esperanto: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Estonian: “Newark-on-Trent”
- French: “Newark-on-Trent”
- French: “Newark, Nottinghamshire”
- French: “Newark”
- German: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Greek: “Νιούαρκ-ον-Τρεντ”
- Gujarati: “નેવાર્ક-ઑન-ટ્રેન્ટ”
- Hebrew: “ניוארק און טרנט”
- Hungarian: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Irish: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Italian: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Japanese: “ニューアーク”
- Japanese: “ニューアーク=オン=トレント”
- Kannada: “ನೆವಾರ್ಕ್-ಆನ್-ಟ್ರೆಂಟ್”
- Korean: “뉴어크온트렌트”
- Ladin: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Latvian: “Ņūarka pie Trentas”
- Lithuanian: “Niuvarkas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Norwegian: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Newark-on-Trent”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Niwweorc on Trentan”
- Persian: “نیوارک-آن-ترنت”
- Polish: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Portuguese: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Romanian: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Russian: “Ньюарк-он-Трент”
- Serbian: “Njuark”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Slovak: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Slovenian: “Newark-on-Trent”
- South Azerbaijani: “نیوارک-آن-ترنت”
- Spanish: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Swedish: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Tamil: “நியூயார்க் -அன் -ட்ரெண்ட்”
- Telugu: “న్యూయార్క్-ఆన్-ట్రెంట్”
- Ukrainian: “Ньюарк-он-Трент”
- Urdu: “نیوارک آن ٹرینٹ”
- Volapük: “Newark-on-Trent”
- Welsh: “Newark-on-Trent”
- “Newark-on-Trent”
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