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Photo of Colwick Country Park (West Lake), a swimming spot in Nottinghamshire, central England.

© DS Pugh / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Colwick Country Park (West Lake)

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Colwick Country Park (West Lake) is a designated lake bathing water in Nottinghamshire. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. It is the only designated bathing water in the county. For arrivals by rail, Netherfield Station is 2.2 km to the north-east.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Colwick Country Park (West Lake)

Photo of the River Trent, a 95-mile river navigation running from Shardlow to Trent Falls, central England.Highlight

River Trent

River navigation

The powerhouse river of the Midlands, navigable from Shardlow through Nottingham and Newark to the tidal reaches at Gainsborough.

0.2 km E · Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Derbyshire

Photo of Holme Pierrepoint Country Park, a country park in Nottinghamshire, central England.

Holme Pierrepoint Country Park

Country park near Nottingham

A country park in Nottinghamshire.

0.3 km SE

Photo of City of Caves, a cave in Nottinghamshire, central England.Highlight

City of Caves

Cave near Nottingham

Maze of man-made sandstone caves beneath Nottingham, medieval tannery and wartime air-raid shelters cut into the rock.

3.3 km W

Photo of Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, a pub in Nottinghamshire, central England.

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem

Pub near Nottingham

Cave-cellared inn cut into the sandstone below Nottingham Castle, claiming to be England's oldest.

3.7 km W

Photo along the Robin Hood Way, a 105-mile long-distance path running from Nottingham Castle to Edwinstowe, central England.

Robin Hood Way

Long-distance path

Nottingham Castle to Edwinstowe church through Sherwood Forest — the outlaw's county end to end.

3.7 km W · Nottinghamshire

Photo of Nottingham Castle, a ruined castle in Nottinghamshire, central England.Highlight

Nottingham Castle

Castle near Nottingham

Ducal mansion on a caved sandstone rock.

3.8 km W