Alloa is a town in Clackmannanshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is on the north bank of the Forth at the spot where some say it ceases to be the River Forth and becomes the Firth of Forth. Alloa is south of the Ochil Hills on the western Fife peninsula, 6.0 miles (9.7 km) east of Stirling and 13.0 miles (20.9 km) west of Dunfermline; by water Alloa is 25 miles (40 km) from Granton.
Alloa from Clackmannan Tower with Ben Ledi and Wallace Monument in the distance
The Forth Valley near Alloa: Gartmorn Dam, Alloa Inch and Tullibody Inch can be seen on the Forth
Alloa from the air
Port of Alloa on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1939
Clackmannanshire, or the County of Clackmannan, is a historic county, council area, registration county and lieutenancy area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and Perth and Kinross. In terms of historic counties it borders Perthshire, Stirlingshire and Fife.
Clackmannanshire
The Stone of Mannan
Clackmannan, the historic county town. The tower is the surviving part of the tolbooth.
County Buildings, Mar Street, Alloa