Landmarks
Newark's new police station opened in October 2006. The Palace Theatre is on Appletongate. The Market Place is the focal point of the town. The Queen's Head is an old pub.
- The Church of St. Mary Magdalene is a Grade I listed building, notable for the tower and the octagonal spire (236 ft. high), the highest in Nottinghamshire. It was heavily restored in the mid-nineteenth century by Sir George Gilbert Scott. The reredos was added by Sir Ninian Comper.
- Newark Air Museum is an air museum located on the former Royal Air Force station, RAF Winthorpe, at Winthorpe village, just north of the town. The airfield was mainly used for training Lancaster crews.
- Newark Castle was built alongside the Trent by Alexander of Lincoln, the Bishop of Lincoln in 1123, who established it as a mint. Of the original Norman stronghold the most important remains are the gate-house, a crypt and the tower at the south-west angle. King John died at this castle on the night of 18 October 1216. In the reign of Edward III it was used as a state prison. During the English Civil War it was garrisoned for Charles I, and endured three sieges. Its dismantling was begun in 1646, immediately after the surrender of the king.
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