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Alloa
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 Alloa frae Clackmannan Tower wi the Ochil Hills an the Wallace Monument in the distance | |
  Alloa Location within Clackmannanshire | |
| Area | 3.52 sq mi (9.1 km2) |
| Population | 20,750 [1] |
| • Density | 5,895/sq mi (2,276/km2) |
| OS grid reference | NS900920 |
| Cooncil area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Kintra | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | ALLOA |
| Postcode destrict | FK10 |
| Diallin code | 01259 |
| Police | Scots |
| Fire | Scots |
| Ambulance | Scots |
| EU Pairlament | Scotland |
| UK Pairlament | |
| Scots Pairlament | |
Alloa (Scots Gaelic: Allmhagh) is a toun an umwhile burgh in Clackmannanshire, in the Central Lowlands o Scotland. It sits on the north bank o the Forth, near the point whaur the river opens oot intae the Firth o Forth.[2]
Alloa lies sooth o the Ochil Hills, aboot 5.5 mile (8.9 km) east o Stirlin an 7.9 mile (12.7 km) north o Fawkirk.[3]
The toun, umwhile a burgh o barony, is the admeenistrative centre o Clackmannanshire Council. Historically, the economy relied hivily on tred atween Glesga an mainland Europe throu its harbour. This gradually becam uncompetitive, an the port stappit operatin in 1970.[4]
Accordin tae the council’s 2020 “Facts and Figures”, Alloa is the largest settlement in Clackmannanshire, wi a population o **20,750**.[1]
Parochially, Alloa wis airtit wi Tullibody. The touns are now distinct, albeit wi Lornshill in the middle, an Alloa is roughly twice the size o its north-wastren neebour.
Settlements in Clackmannanshire
[eedit | edit soorce]The council area haes a total population o **51,940** (mid-2023 est.), makin it the smallest mainland council area in Scotland — underlinin Alloa’s role as principal toun. [5]
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- 1 2 Facts and Figures – Clackmannanshire Council ClacksWeb. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ↑ Chambers, Robert; Chambers, William (1838). The gazetteer of Scotland. [With plates and maps.]. Glasgow: Blackie and Son. pp. 26–28. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ↑ "OS 25 inch, 1892-1905". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Archived frae the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 9 Juin 2017.
- ↑ "Old port in a new storm. Row breaks out as harbour seeks revival". The Herald (in Inglis). 13 Januar 1994. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ↑ "Clackmannanshire Facts and Figures". Retrieved 27 November 2025.