POLICE have cordoned off an area near Bedgrove Park on Wednesday morning after the body of a man was found by a member of the public at The Spinney.
Police are at the scene, off Ambleside, where a man, believed to be in his 20s was found by a footpath at around 6am.
Police have described the incident as an ‘unexplained death’ but say it is ‘not believed to be suspicious’.
The dead man’s next of kin have been informed.
A nearby resident, who did not want to be named, said the neighbourhood had been shaken by the news: “Everyone was saying there had been a murder and there are loads of police.
“It’s all quite scary.”