The Hearth of Newark is a civic cooking library located at Town Wharf, Newark-on-Trent. The project explores food as memory, identity and social ritual, transforming the riverside site into a shared place for learning, growing, cooking and gathering. Positioned beside the River Trent and Newark Castle, the proposal reconnects the town’s historic relationship with food, trade and community life through a public programme that combines kitchens, dining spaces, workshops, gardens and a recipe library.