A man in his 20s has died while swimming in a lake at Cotswold Water Park. Police were called shortly after 6pm on Monday to a large lake in Ashton Keynes near Hoburne Cotswold Holiday Park and the Whitefriars Sailing Club, in Wiltshire.
Firefighters and police officers attended the scene but the man was confirmed dead shortly after being pulled from the water. His death is not being treated as suspicious.
The body of water is one of the 150 lakes within the Cotswold Country Park and Beach and managed by Cotswold Water Park Trust. It is an area of more than 40 square miles with 180 freshwater lakes.
