Colwick Country Park — Attraction in Nottingham

The wonderful lake in the middle of the park is the main focal point and there are lots of different routes you can take around it for nice walks for couples and families. Definitely still worth the trip during the week.

However, unless you enjoy feeling like an unwelcome minority in your own country, I would recommend avoiding the park on weekends in summer, as it is absolutely swarming with Turkish people having barbecues and playing loud Turkish music from their car stereos. It's not just one group either, it's an entire village worth of very loud immigrants shouting everywhere, dancing to the pumping music and all with smoky barbecues. This is now the 3rd Sunday walk in as many months ruined by these people who have clearly no respect for the park or the local people who frequent it. The complete opposite of a peaceful walk by the lake.

Edit: Having been regularly when it's not hot weather, it's a beautiful place for the majority of the year. So I think 4 stars is now a fairer assessment. Would be 5 stars if they did something about the immigrants with barbecues and loud music over the...

This is a beautiful place; the views over the lakes are stunning; hard to believe it's so close to the city, as it's very peaceful. It's well catered in terms of paths which are pushchair, wheelchair or bike friendly, yet the woodlands are wild enough to please the kids who want to go exploring off-road. Dogs can be let off-lead throughout the park so long as they don't bother the waterfowl. There are almost no toilet facilities, and there's no visitor centre or the like, but since they would attract more visitors and detract from the serenity, then I think it's better not to have them. Bonus: free parking! Drawback: not enough bins; I've carried a dog poo around with me for 45...

What a great place for a walk. Plenty of wide paths and lots that have tarmac paths. I find if you get there before 7 am you have most of the park to yourself which is great if you're into wildlife photography. Around 9am it starts getting busy right up until dusk. Dogs are allowed even though when not on a lead they chase the ducks and do there business in the woods so some owners don't pick it up. Fishing is allowed day and night with a permit. The downside to the park is that they don't have a proper café with toilets which I think would benefit the park. Plenty of wildlife to see and a small park for the little one's. There are benches and picnic tables dotted...