page_title: Linlithgow Loch
section_title: Fishing and boating
hierarchical_section_title: Linlithgow Loch / Fishing and boating
caption_attribution_description: English: Linlithgow Palace and St. Michael's Church
context_page_description: Linlithgow Loch lies immediately north of the town of Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland. 1.3 kilometres in length and 0.4 in breadth, its area of 41 hectares makes it the largest natural freshwater loch in Lothian. It is, however, shallow, with a mean depth of 2.3 metres and a maximum depth of 9.2 metres. The loch is fed by four small streams, the Hatchery Burn, the Bonnytoun Burn, the Springfield Burn, and Bell's Burn, and drained by the Mill Burn on its western side, which eventually joins the Avon.
  The loch is the source of the town of Linlithgow's name; the British llyn laith cau translates to "lake in the damp hollow". Two islets in the loch, Cormorant Island and the Rickle, are thought to be the 5,000 year old remains of crannogs.
context_section_description: Linlithgow Loch was once famed for its brown trout, but most of the sport today comes from stocked rainbow trout, regularly released by the Forth Area Federation of Anglers.
  The Low Port Centre, run by West Lothian Leisure, provides facilities for sailing, canoeing, kayaking, and windsurfing.
caption: View of Cockleroy Hill, St Michael's Church, and Linlithgow Palace, from the north shore.
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