Editing Newark-on-Trent (section)

==Culture==
Newark hosts Newark [[Rugby Union]] Football Club, whose players have included [[Dusty Hare]], [[John Wells (rugby)|John Wells]], [[Greig Tonks]] and [[Tom Ryder (rugby union)|Tom Ryder]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rfu.com/News/2011/July/News%20Articles/200711_wells_newark.aspx |title=John Wells honoured by Newark |publisher=Rugby Football Union |year=2011 |access-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120112202251/http://www.rfu.com/News/2011/July/News%20Articles/200711_wells_newark.aspx |archive-date=12 January 2012}}</ref> The town has a leisure centre in Bowbridge Road, opened in 2016.

[[Newark and Sherwood Concert Band]], with over 50 regular players, has performed at numerous area events in the last few years. Also based in Newark are the Royal Air Force Music Charitable Trust and Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.malcolmgoodman.com/malcolm-goodman-mbe/lincolnshire-chamber-orchestra/ |title=Malcolm Goodman MBE ARCM Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra |website=malcolmgoodman.com |access-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416143008/http://www.malcolmgoodman.com/malcolm-goodman-mbe/lincolnshire-chamber-orchestra/ |archive-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>

The [[Palace Theatre, Newark|Palace Theatre]] in Appletongate is Newark's main entertainment venue, offering drama, live music, dance and film.

The National Civil War Centre and Newark Museum, next to the Palace Theatre in Appletongate in the town centre, opened in 2015 to interpret Newark's part in the English Civil War in the 17th century and explore its wider implications.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalcivilwarcentre.com/ |title=National Civil War Centre, Newark |website=nationalcivilwarcentre.com |access-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107132305/http://www.nationalcivilwarcentre.com/ |archive-date=7 January 2018}}</ref>

The district was ranked in a survey reported in 2020 as one of the best places to live in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-01-31 |title=Survey reveals Newark and Sherwood to be among best places to live in the UK |url=https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/survey-reveals-newark-and-sherwood-to-be-among-best-places-to-live-in-the-uk-9098186/ |access-date=2021-08-06 |newspaper=Newark Advertiser |language=en}}</ref>