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Line 1: ~~{{Orphan\|date=June 2024}}~~ {{Infobox body of water \|name = Mercers Lake Line 7 ⟶ 5: \|image_bathymetry = \|caption_bathymetry = \|type = [[Lake]] \|inflow = \|outflow = Line 33 ⟶ 31: ==History== The lake was originally a sand [[quarry]] created by British Industrial Sands.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://oysterdiving.com/mercers-country-park-inland-diving/\|title=Mercers Country Park Inland Diving Lake\|first=Mark\|last=Murphy\|date=July 23, 2020\|website=Oyster Diving\|access-date=~~June 30,~~ 2024-06-30\|archive-date=~~May 14,~~ 2024-05-14\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514144700/https://oysterdiving.com/mercers-country-park-inland-diving/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.merstham.co.uk/merstham/Gallery%20Pages/mw05.htm\|title=Mercers Park\|access-date=2024-06-30\|archive-date=2023-05-22\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522032420/http://www.merstham.co.uk/merstham/Gallery%20Pages/mw05.htm\|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Watersports== Line 39 ⟶ 37: ==Fishing== The lake is used for fishing and contains [[perch]], [[bream]], [[pike]], and large [[carp]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.padi.com/dive-site/united-kingdom/mercers-lake-redhill/\|title=Mercers Lake - Redhill dive site ~~\|~~{{pipe}} PADI\|website=PADI Travel}}</ref> ==Diving== Line 48 ⟶ 46: A 31-year-old man named Edward Savage drowned in the lake in June 2018. Local police had received a number of calls about youths swimming in the lake earlier in the week. The death was not connected to the company who run water sports there.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-44630313\|title=Man who died at Mercer's Lake in Nutfield named\|date=June 27, 2018\|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> In 2023 a swan was killed with a brick, following a similar incident in 2022, where a swan was shot with a ball bearing.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck7dj1yxglxo\|title=Redhill: Police investigate after swan killed at Mercers Lake\|date=June 14, 2023\|website=BBC News\|access-date=~~June 30,~~ 2024-06-30\|archive-date=~~February 10,~~ 2024-02-10\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210045653/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck7dj1yxglxo\|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References==▼ {{Reflist}}▼ ==External links== Line 56 ⟶ 57: * Surrey lake to be ‘transformed’ into community hub for water sport enthusiasts plus a new playground [https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/surrey-lake-transformed-community-hub-28728402 Surrey lake to be ‘transformed’ into community hub for water sport enthusiasts plus a new playground - Surrey Live] * BBC News: Surrey beauty spot where swan was killed slapped with dispersal order [https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-beauty-spot-swan-killed-27134621 Surrey beauty spot where swan was killed slapped with dispersal order - Surrey Live] ▲==References== ▲{{Reflist}} [[Category:Lakes]]

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