South Alloa
South Alloa is a small village which lies in the far north of the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is on the south bank of the River Forth where the river empties and widens to form the Firth of Forth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alloa Inch and Alloa Tower.
Alloa Inch
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inch or Alloa Inch is an island in the tidal reaches of the River Forth near Alloa, just before the river opens out into the Firth of Forth. There is a derelict farmhouse on the island, as the land was farmed in the past.
Alloa Tower
Museum
Photo: AllyD, Public domain.
Alloa Tower in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, in central Scotland, is an early 14th-century tower house that served as the medieval residence of the Erskine family, later Earls of Mar.
Tullibody Inch
Island
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tullibody Inch is an islet in the estuarine waters of the River Forth. It takes its name from the nearby town of Tullibody, "inch" being from the Scottish Gaelic innis meaning "island" or "meadow".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alloa and Throsk.
Alloa
Town
Photo: Peter Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Throsk
Village
Photo: Gareth Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Throsk is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It lies on the A905 road east of Fallin close to the River Forth. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded the population as 231.
Dunmore
Hamlet
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunmore is a small village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It lies 6.5 miles south east of Stirling and 5.5 miles north of Falkirk. The village lies along the A905 road between Throsk and Airth on the banks of the River Forth. Dunmore is situated 1½ miles southeast of South Alloa.
South Alloa
- Type: Village with 112 residents
- Description: village in Falkirk, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.10107° or 56° 6′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.81041° or 3° 48′ 38″ westPopulation
112Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
9C8R452Q+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 1132318159OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
13275295Wikidata ID
Q7565940
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“South Alloa” goes by many names.
- Basque: “South Alloa”
- Dutch: “South Alloa”
- French: “South Alloa”
- Irish: “Allmhagh a Deas”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Alamhagh a Deas”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Allmhagh a Deas”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “South Alloa”. Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.