Forth Valley College

Forth Valley College of Further and Higher Education is a college of further education and higher education located in Scotland. The college was created in 2005 as the first regional college in Scotland from the merger of Falkirk College and Clackmannan College.

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Type: College
Description: further education college in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Forth Valley College - Alloa Campus”
Address: 1 Devon Road, Alloa, FK10 1PX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alloa Tower and Alloa railway station.

Alloa Tower

Museum

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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. Alloa Tower is situated 1,300 feet south of Forth Valley College.

Alloa railway station

Railway station

Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alloa railway station is a railway station in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The station was first opened in 1850 and operated until 1968. The original station building from 1850 was replaced by a new structure in 1887, which was demolished following the closure and removal of the railway lines in 1968. Alloa railway station is situated 920 feet northwest of Forth Valley College.

Kilncraigs Mills

Public building

Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kilncraigs Mills is a public building, which is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Forth Valley College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alloa and Sauchie.

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.

Sauchie

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sauchie is a town in Clackmannanshire, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies north of the River Forth and south of the Ochil Hills, approximately 1 mile north-east of Alloa.

South Alloa

Village

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Forth Valley College

Categories: further education college, nonprofit organization, and education
Location: Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.11573° or 56° 6′ 57″ north

Longitude

-3.7862° or 3° 47′ 10″ west

Operator

Forth Valley College

Open location code

9C8R4687+7G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 237388021

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=college

Wikidata ID

Q5472597

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Scottish Gaelic—“Forth Valley College” goes by many names.

Chinese: “第四谷學院”
Hebrew: “מכללת עמק פורת‘”
Scottish Gaelic: “Colaiste Shrath Fhoirthe”

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