Body found on Hampstead Heath
Police officers at the scene after a body was found in bushes on Hampstead Heath - Credit: Archant
A body has been found in bushes on Hampstead Heath this afternoon.
The Hampstead Heath constabularly at the scene - Credit: Archant
Police received reports of a lifeless body found between the mixed bathing ponds and Parliament Hill just before 2.30pm.
The body was found by a dog walker.
Officers are currently on scene to etsablish the circumstances of the death.
But at this stage it is not deemed to be suspicious.
A London ambulance spokeswoman said: “We were called just before 2.30pm to reports of a body found.
“Sadly one patient, a man, was dead at the scene.”
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A police cordon has been set up around the area.
Enquiries continue and no arrests have been made.
