Alloa

Worth seeing in and around Alloa

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Alloa Tower

   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. Retaining its original timber roof and battlements, the tower is one of the earliest and largest Scottish tower houses, with immensely thick walls.

   500 m · castle in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Clackmannan Tower

   The Clackmannan Tower is a historic five-storey tower house situated at the summit of King's Seat Hill in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It dates back to at least the 14th century when it was inhabited by King David II of Scotland and later sold to his cousin Robert Bruce, 2nd Baron of Clackmannan in 1359.

   2.1 km · tower house in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Recreation Park

   Recreation Park, also known as Recreation Grounds, "The Recs" and The Indodrill Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League team Alloa Athletic, who have played there since 1895.

   900 m · football stadium in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Menstrie Castle

   Menstrie Castle is a three-storey manor house in the town of Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, near Stirling, central Scotland. From the early 17th century, it was home to Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, who was instrumental in founding the colony of Nova Scotia.

   5.2 km · castle in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Elphinstone Tower

   Elphinstone Tower, also known as Dunmore Tower or Airth Tower, is a ruined tower house on the Dunmore Estate in central Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres north-west of Airth and 9 kilometres east of Stirling in the Falkirk council area.

   4 km · tower house in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Broomhall Castle

   Broomhall Castle is a mansion house originally called Broom Hall and was built in 1874 by John Foukes and Frances Mackison for James Johnstone. It is situated in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland on the Ochil Hills and comprises three storeys and a tower.

   5.4 km · country house in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Tullibody Old Kirk

   Tullibody Old Kirk is a ruined 12th-century church in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It was rebuilt in the 16th century, and restored again in 1760.

   3.5 km · ruined church building in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Sauchie Tower

   Sauchie Tower, also known as Devon Tower, is a 15th-century tower house in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The tower is located by the village of Fishcross, 1 kilometre north of Sauchie and 2.5 kilometres north of Alloa, close to the River Devon.

   3 km · tower house, later house, in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Old Tulliallan Castle

   Tulliallan was an estate in Perthshire, Scotland, near to Kincardine, and a parish. The Blackadder lairds of Tulliallan, a branch of the Blackadder border clan, wielded considerable power in the 15th and 16th centuries.

   5.8 km · castle in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Gartmorn Dam

    Gartmorn Dam is an artificial freshwater loch north-east of Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK, built in 1711–12 as a reservoir to supply water to hydraulic machines used in Alloa's mining industry. It was commissioned by John Erskine, 23rd and 6th Earl of Mar, to designs by George Sorocold, and is one of the earliest constructed reservoirs in Scotland.

    3.6 km · 1711-12 reservoir near Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK, outflows west to Brothie Burn · Wikipedia

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Getting to Alloa

Airports

Edinburgh (EDI), 32 km · Glasgow (GLA), 48 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 84 km

Stations

Alloa railway station, 400 m · Airth railway station, 5.9 km · Forest Mill railway station, 5.2 km

• Glasgow → Alloa

  40 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · £4.5–6
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• Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Alloa

  86 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–13
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• Aberdeen → Alloa

  154 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · £17–22
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