Highfields Lake put-in (Dunkirk, Nottingham)

Highfields Lake is a small artificial lake fed by the Tottle Brook, which enters by culvert at the west end and leaves by culvert at the east, so the lake is filled and drained at opposite ends rather than flowing through along its length. At the western end a weir divides the boating water from an ornamental water garden closed off by a Grade II listed cascade and a run of stepping stones that cross the water, with a small island reached by ornamental bridges just beyond it. The water holds ornamental carp, and the margins support waterfowl including moorhens.

The lake sits at the centre of Highfields Park, a 23-hectare Grade II* registered landscape opened in 1923, with the University of Nottingham's Trent Building standing on the sandstone escarpment above and visible across the water. A National Lottery grant, confirmed in January 2015, funded a restoration that de-silted the lake and repaired its historic features after boating had lapsed; the current hire concession has run on the lake since 2018.