Could be Mike. But there is a small pond close to Abbots Wood that I'm guessing is the one the OP is referring to. But the story could have come from a drowning at Soudley Ponds.

The Abbots Wood pond is shown on this map

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.80857&lon=-2.49792&layers=1...

There's also another pond further south, must be a man made one from it's shape, which is another possibility.