Alness
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| Alness | |
| Scottish Gaelic: Alanais | |
  Alness shown within Scotland |
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| Population | 5314 [1] |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | |
| Council area | Highland |
| Lieutenancy area | Ross and Cromarty |
| Constituent country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Alness |
| Postcode district | IV17 |
| Dialling code | 01349 |
| Police | Northern |
| Fire | Highlands and Islands |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| European Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
| Scottish Parliament | Ross, Skye and Inverness West |
| List of places: UK • Scotland | |
Alness is a town in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. The name is pronounced (roughly) Al'-niss by some Ross-shire residents and Oll-ness' by others. It lies near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon to the east and the village of Evanton to the southwest.
Divided by the River Averon, the town is in two parishes, Alness in the west and Rosskeen in the east. Historically these were in different presbyteries. Today there are three churches; Free Church, Church of Scotland and Baptist.
The town is bypassed by the A9 road. Alness railway station is on the Far North Line. The nearest commercial airport is at Inverness.
Alness has won three Britain in Bloom awards since 2002.
[edit] External links
- Alness.com Community website commissioned by the Alness Community Association
- Alness - PastPresent history site
- Alness - entry in Undiscovered Scotland
