A man’s body has been found in a West Lothian quarry, police have confirmed.
The discovery was made at Parkley Fishery near Linlithgow this morning at around 1am.
Emergency crews raced to the scene and the 22-year-old's body was pulled from the water.
The area is a popular beauty spot and is visited by locals every summer.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said “Police Scotland can confirm that a body of a 22-year-old man was recovered from water near Parkly Place, Linlithgow around 2.20am on Wednesday, 2 June, 2021.
“The death is not being treated as suspicious. A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.”
Parkley Fishery is situated near the Bathgate Hills, at the edge of Linlithgow, and was excavated as a quarry in the 1920's, but has been a trout fishery since 1993.
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