Lancashire Police are investigating after a woman's body was found in a pond at Lowther Gardens in Lytham. Officers were called to reports of a body at Lowther Gardens on Lowther Terrace at 09:00 BST.
The force said inquiries are continuing to establish the woman's identity. Police are treating her death as unexplained.
Lowther Gardens in Lytham
Lowther Gardens is a park in Lytham, and that is where officers found the body. The location places the case in a public space at the heart of the town, with police now focused on identifying the woman and establishing what happened before the call came in.
That sequence matters for the investigation. Officers first received reports of a body at 09:00 BST, then launched inquiries at the scene in Lowther Gardens on Lowther Terrace, which means the case is being handled as an active unexplained death rather than a closed report.
Lancashire Police inquiry
Lancashire Police has not established who the woman is, and that leaves the investigation at its most basic stage. Without an identified victim, officers have to work from the location, the time of the call and any evidence found in the pond and around the park.
The immediate next step is straightforward: the force will keep working to establish her identity. Until that happens, the death remains unexplained and the key question is what caused it.
