Free interactive map takes users on a tour of Newark’s historic sites
A MAN from Newark has created an interactive map to share the lesserknown historic sights and hidden gems of the town.
Newark is known for its impressive castle, stunning architecture and museums, such as the National Civil War Centre and the Newark Air Museum.
During lockdown, Dave Fargher spent a lot of time walking around the area with his dog and photographing various aspects of the town. He said: “I started to take photos of the town and wanted to share them so I created the group Newark on Trent Photographs in March 2021 for friends.
“I wanted to create a place of positivity for people to share the beauty of our town we all know too well that social media can be a pit of negativity, so I wanted to create a space for the positives it’s gone from strength to strength and we’re now up to 9.5k members.”
The popular Facebook group is “a place of positivity for people to share the beauty of our town.
“I posted a photo of a building in town and someone asked about the history and where it was and it gave me an idea. I then started to post each day a new place with photos and history.”
This led to Dave creating a small map where he would plot various historical buildings and share a description about the history and a few photos. He then started to add other points of interest to the map, such as sculptures, war memorials, local walks, and now has over 230 points on the interactive map in and around the town. Dave added: “I’ve added layers for various things, such as religious buildings, local village history and even pre-history points. Some may not know but there is evidence of human activity in Newark going back 15,000 years.” If you click on one of the points on the map, a photo of that site will pop up with information about the site. Some of these points include The Ossington, Governors House, Nicholsons Factory, Millennium Monument and The Old Savoy Cinema.
Dave said the free map is still a work in progress, and he plans to continue adding more sites for Newark and surrounding villages. A link to the map can be found on the online version of this story.