A man has tragically died at Arthur's Seat, Holyrood Park , in Edinburgh.

Emergency services scrambled to the capital beauty spot at 2.30pm on Tuesday, October 7, with an air ambulance and paramedics dispatched to the incident.

Reports had been made to Police Scotland regarding a man taking unwell at the popular hiking spot.

Sadly, the male was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers are treating the death as unexplained, but they do not believe it to be suspicious.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 2.35pm on Tuesday, 7 October, 2025, we received a report of a man taken unwell in the area of Arthurs Seat, Edinburgh.

“Emergency services attended, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

“The death is being treated as unexplained but is not believed to be suspicious

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