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Alloa is a city 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 will become the Firth of Forth. Geographically, Alloa is south of the Ochil Hills, 8.9 km east of Stirling and 12.7 km north of Falkirk by means of water Alloa is 40 km from Granton. The metropolis, previously a burgh of barony, is the executive centre of Clackmannanshire Council. Historically, the financial system relied closely on change between Glasgow and mainland Europe via its port.

This have become more and more uncompetitive and the port stopped working in 1970. Any future marina undertaking is probably to focus on tourism with Stirling or Granton instead of importing or exporting goods on the grounds that downstream ports like Grangemouth can accommodate larger vessels. The nearby economic system is now targeted on retail and enjoyment for the reason that closure of primary industries; best one brewer and one glassmaker live to tell the tale today.

Parochially, Alloa become linked with Tullibody. The cities at the moment are wonderful, albeit with Lornshill within the middle, and Alloa is ready two times the scale of its north-western neighbour. According to a 2012 estimate the population of Alloa is approximately 20,390 residents. Lloa Tower in Alloa, Clackmannanshire in relevant Scotland is the surviving part of the medieval house of the Erskine circle of relatives, later Earls of Mar. An architect who turned into concerned in Alloa Tower become John Melvin.

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