Update: Swanholme Lakes, Lincoln

Update, 10.25pm on Sunday 2 May 2026

We can update that our dive team have sadly found a body in the water at Swanholme Lakes, Lincoln.

With agreement from the family we can share that the boy who died is 15-year-old Declan Sawyer. 

Our thoughts are with his family and we send our condolences at this incredibly difficult time.

This is such a sad incident that will no doubt also affect many of Declan's friends and the local community as well.

As we are starting half-term week, we ask our community to make sure that anyone affected is looked after and that people are encouraged to seek help and support where they need it.

Information on wellbeing and mental health support can be found here: Mental Health & Learning Disability Services | LPFT

Again, we respectfully ask that people do not speculate or share information that has not come from an official source as inaccurate information can be very upsetting to family and friends.

Original release 

We have very sad news to share, that a 15-year-old boy has not been seen since entering the water at Swanholme Lakes in Lincoln, this afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the area at 2.30pm on Sunday 24 May, following reports of a boy getting into trouble in the water.

Despite the very best efforts of people at the lake and the emergency services who arrived on scene, the boy has not yet been located.

We continue to search the lake and our Under Water Search Team will be assisting with this.

We have informed the family of the boy and our thoughts are with them at this incredibly difficult time.

It is vitally important that people do not speculate or share information that is not accurate. Information that the boy has been found at this time is wrong. We will update our information when we can.

Incident 296 of 2 May refers.