Official profile first, then live environmental context
Freshness gate: modelled weather older than 3 hours and gauge readings older than 6 hours are treated as unavailable. Timestamps that cannot be parsed or sit more than 15 minutes in the future are rejected, not labelled live.
Inspect source and failure boundaries
Water-quality classifications, sample history and pollution-risk warnings are deliberately not copied from an unverified nearest-point feed. Use the exact Environment Agency profile above.
Do not combine these into a safety score. The official profile, modelled air weather, any nearby gauge and on-site observations answer different questions. A complete response means only that the requested remote sources returned—not that conditions are safe.
Locate the designated monitoring point
The marker is the Environment Agency record coordinate used by this page. It is not an entry point, access instruction or route. Check land-manager information and what is physically present before approaching the water.
For Colwick Country Park (West Lake), the marker identifies Colwick Country Park (West Lake) (ukf1400-09750) at 52.9452, -1.0982. The register names Nottingham City Council for this lake record in Nottingham. The additional local source reviewed for this page is Nottingham City Council Colwick Country Park rules; open it below before turning the record point into a travel plan.
Open this record point in OpenStreetMap →Open the identified official record before travelling
This place check is tied to Colwick Country Park (West Lake), identifier ukf1400-09750. The Environment Agency profile is the verification route for the annual classification, sample history and any available pollution-risk warning. Those values are not copied from a nearby-point feed.
- Responsible local authority
- Nottingham City Council
- Coordinate basis
- Environment Agency designated record point, not an entry instruction
- Designation register check
- 13 August 2026
What a second, place-specific source changes
Nottingham City Council Colwick Country Park rules
- What the source establishes
- The council states that swimming is allowed only in organised West Lake sessions, not in the park’s other lakes, and that session details are provided by the appointed operator.
- How it changes this check
- Verify the current West Lake session and booking, then follow operator boundaries. The EUBWID and an open park gate do not authorise independent entry.
- What remains unresolved
- The council page does not guarantee a session is running or that an algae notice is clear at arrival. Confirm both with the operator and on-site signs.
Place-specific verification sequence
- 01Verify that the session is an organised West Lake swim with the appointed operator. An open park, a West Lake designation or activity on Main Lake does not authorise independent swimming.
- 02Record the booked session, operator briefing and current algae notice. Check that the entry belongs to West Lake before leaving the registration area.
- 03Use only the course and exits set for that session. If staff close a section or the session is not running, do not relocate to another park lake or create an informal entry.
Place-specific evidence questions
This file keeps the exact Colwick Country Park (West Lake) record (ukf1400-09750) separate from same-day observations. Its annual designation evidence is not a current access statement or a safety decision.
- 01Does the source record identify West Lake, and is the intended area the designated bathing water?
- 02What current park rules, session controls or on-site warnings govern entry?
Questions to verify—not confirmed local facts
These prompts are deliberately not presented as sourced, current conditions at this place. Resolve each one with the land manager, lifeguard, local authority, current signs or direct observation. Prompt set reviewed 13 August 2026; review date is not evidence that a prompt is true.
Unverified editorial prompt. Do not treat it as a current local warning, access fact or evidence that the condition is present.
Unverified editorial prompt. Do not treat it as a current local warning, access fact or evidence that the condition is present.
Unverified editorial prompt. Do not treat it as a current local warning, access fact or evidence that the condition is present.
Complete the physical check
- West Lake official profileUnverified until you record it
- Park opening noticeUnverified until you record it
- Permitted swim areaUnverified until you record it
- Observed entry and exitUnverified until you record it
- Access and permissionWhich access point, if any, is currently authorised, and which current land-manager, operator or local-authority notice confirms it?
- Water appearance, odour and debrisLeave if anything is concerning
- Entry, exit and emergency escapeConfirm before entering