Plans for holding speedway in Linlithgow started in October 1988, when the Edinburgh Monarchs manager Alan Robertson revealed that a circuit would be built to enable younger riders to use it as a training circuit.[4] The site would be known as Heathersfield Stadium and the location was on Myrehead Farm in Whitecross (55°58′46″N3°39′32″W / 55.97944°N 3.65889°W / 55.97944; -3.65889). The stadium was used a training track up until 1994, when Linlithgow Lightning (managed by Alan Robertson) joined the 1994 British League Division Three.[5] The first fixture took place on 26 June 1994.[6][7] In 1995, they raced in the 1995 Academy League but experienced financial issues during a troubled season.[8][9]
The following season most of the league winning team moved up to the Premier League before they competed in the 1997 Speedway Conference League as Lathallan Lightning.[12]
Alan Robertson did not enter a side during 1998 but he was joined by Edinburgh promoter John Campbell for the 1999 season and they managed a team for one more season during the 1999 Speedway Conference League season.[3]
In September 1999, Linlithgow Lightning were told that by the landowner that he was selling and that the team would have to move out.[13]
The club folded in 1999 and the venue closed in October 1999.[14]
