Hatchmere is a small lake in Cheshire. Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. Hatchmere is notable for several campaigns to maintain public access to the lake after it was bought by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust in 1998. The Cheshire Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the county of Cheshire, England. Initially the Cheshire Wildlife trust fenced off the only access point to the lake suitable for swimmers. A pressure group, the Friends of Hatchmere was formed, and eventually the Cheshire Wildlife Trust backed down and agreed to allow swimming in the lake.
The Hatchmere campaign was instrumental in the forming of the River and Lake Swimming Association, a group that promotes Open Water Swimming in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located