Alness
Alness is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the mouth of the River Averon, near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon three miles to the east, and the village of Evanton four miles to the southwest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,950 residents
- Description: town in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Alanais”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alness railway station and Alness Academy.
Alness railway station
Railway station
Photo: NemesisAT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alness railway station is a railway station on the Far North Line, serving the town of Alness, on the Cromarty Firth, in the Highland council area of Scotland.
Alness Academy
School
Alness Academy is a secondary school in Alness, Highland in the north on the Cromarty Firth of Scotland, serving the town of Alness and the villages of Evanton and Ardross.
Teaninich distillery
Distillery
Photo: Derek Spence, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Teaninich distillery is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Alness, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cullicudden and Invergordon.
Cullicudden
Locality
Cullicudden is an ancient village located close to the southeast shore of the Cromarty Firth, 2 miles northeast of Dingwall, on the west shore of the Black Isle in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Cullicudden is situated 3 miles south of Alness.
Invergordon
Town
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Invergordon is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It lies in the parish of Rosskeen. Invergordon is situated 3 miles east of Alness.
Evanton
Village
Photo: GraemeE17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Evanton is a small village in Easter Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies between the River Sgitheach and the Allt Graad, is 24 kilometres north of Inverness, some 6.5 kilometres southwest of Alness, and ten kilometres northeast of Dingwall. Evanton is situated 4 miles southwest of Alness.
Alness
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.69594° or 57° 41′ 45″ northLongitude
-4.25416° or 4° 15′ 15″ westPopulation
5,950Elevation
85 feet (26 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ASSOpen location code
9C9QMPWW+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 26480790OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Alness” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Alness”
- Basque: “Alness”
- Breton: “Alanais”
- Bulgarian: “Алнес”
- Catalan: “Alness”
- Cebuano: “Alness”
- Chinese: “阿尔内斯”
- Dutch: “Alness”
- French: “Alness”
- German: “Alness”
- Irish: “Alanais”
- Italian: “Alness”
- Lithuanian: “Olnesas”
- Manx: “Alanais”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alness”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alness”
- Norwegian: “Alness”
- Persian: “آلنس”
- Polish: “Alness”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Alanais”
- Spanish: “Alness”
- Swedish: “Alness”
- Welsh: “Alanais”
- Welsh: “Alness”
- “Alanais”
- “Alness”
- “Alness - Alanais”
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Highlights include Rosskeen Parish, Church of Scotland and Alness Library.
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