Alloway

This airticle is aboot the toun in Clackmannanshire. For ither uises, see Alloway (disambiguation).

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 Scots Gaelic: Allmhagh
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	Clackmannanshire
Lieutenancy area	Clackmannanshire
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	Ochil an Sooth Pairthshire
Scots Pairlament	Clackmannanshire an Dunblane
Leet o places UK Scotland 56.1161°N 3.7959°W / 56.1161; -3.7959

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

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]