Newark and Sherwood

Newark and Sherwood is a local government district and is the largest district in Nottinghamshire, England. The district is predominantly rural, with some large forestry plantations, the ancient Sherwood Forest and the towns of Newark-on-Trent, Southwell and Ollerton. Many settlements in the west of the district, such as Ollerton are former coal mining villages. Southwell is a small Georgian town with a Minster. The south-eastern settlements are home to many people who commute into Nottingham for work. Newark-on-Trent, together with Balderton, forms the largest urban concentration. Newark-on-Trent has many important historic features including Newark Castle, Georgian architecture and a defensive earthwork from the British Civil Wars. Other settlements in the district include:

Map of Newark and Sherwood District, UK

Averham Balderton, Bathley, Bilsthorpe, Blidworth, Boughton, Brough Carlton-on-Trent, Caunton, Clipstone, Collingham, Cromwell Eakring, Edingley, Edwinstowe, Egmanton Farndon, Farnsfield, Fernwood, Fiskerton Gunthorpe Halam, Halloughton, Hawton, Hockerton Kelham, Kirklington, Kirton, Kneesall Laxton, Little Carlton, Lowdham Maplebeck, Morton North Muskham, Norwell Ossington, Oxton Perlethorpe Rainworth, Rolleston South Muskham, Sutton-on-Trent Upton Walesby, Wellow, Weston, Winkburn

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the municipal borough of Newark with Newark Rural District and Southwell Rural District. It was originally known just as Newark: the name was changed by the council effective 1 April 1995.