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| name = Highfields Lake<br />
| image = Weeping willow trees on islands in Highfields Lake (geograph 4502636).jpg<br />
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'''Highfields Lake''' is an ornamental lake in the [[Woodlands, South Yorkshire|Woodlands]] wildlife park at [[Highfields, South Yorkshire|Highfields]], north of [[Doncaster]], [[South Yorkshire]], England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Highfields Country Park - Doncaster Council |url=http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/culture-leisure-tourism/highfields-country-park |website=www.doncaster.gov.uk |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref><br />
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It is filled by the [[Pick Burn]], which then flows on to join the [[River Don, South Yorkshire|River Don]] as Bentley Mill Stream.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bentley Mill Stream |url=https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/WaterBody/GB104027057541 |website=environment.data.gov.uk |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref> The lake was originally built by the owners of Woodlands, a [[country house]] that lent its name to the [[model village]] built for the miners of [[Brodsworth Colliery]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goodchild |first1=John |title=South Yorkshire collieries |date=2001 |publisher=Tempus |location=Stroud |isbn=0752421484 |page=126}}</ref><br />
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The lake now forms part of High Country Park<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bateman |first1=Stephanie |title=Highfield Country Park holds volunteer days |url=https://www.southyorkshiretimes.co.uk/news/environment/highfield-country-park-holds-volunteer-days-1-7306966 |accessdate=19 November 2018 |work=South Yorkshire Times |date=12 June 2015}}</ref> and Woodlands wildlife park, run by [[Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council]], whilst Woodlands is now a social club. Doncaster Greenway North passes to the north of the lake alongside the A638 road.<ref>{{cite web |title=Doncaster Greenway North - Map |url=https://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/doncaster-greenway-north |website=sustrans.org.uk |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Lakes in Yorkshire}}<br />
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[[Category:Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Doncaster]]<br />
[[Category:Lakes of South Yorkshire]]<br />
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