Alness

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Alness

Total population

5,950

Coordinates57.70°, -4.25°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Alness is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the mouth of the River Averon, near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon three miles to the east, and the village of Evanton four miles to the southwest. The parish has a population of 5,310, although the census locality, which includes part of the parish of Rosskeen, has a population of 5,186.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Jimmy Andrews

Scottish footballer (1927-2012)

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Julian Oswald

Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (1933-2011)

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Annie Meinertzhagen

Scottish ornithologist (1889-1928)

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David Sutherland

British illustrator and comics artist

John McKenzie

New Zealand politician

John Munro

Canadian judge

Robert Brough

Scottish painter (1872-1905)

Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness

British politician (1868-1955)

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Roddie MacDonald

Scottish former footballer (born 1954)

David Forsyth

New Zealand chess player

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Steven Mackay

footballer (born 1981)

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Jock Munro

Scottish footballer (1893-1917)

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Lilian Violet Mackintosh

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George Wilson

Scottish footballer (1887-1970)

Joseph Anderson

American clergyman (1836–1916)

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Jean Sinclair Dobson Robertson

UK woman doctor trained in Edinburgh

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Scotland

• Dalmore
  0.7 mi away
• Achnagarron
  1.5 mi away
• Ardross
  4.1 mi away
• Belmaduthy
  8.3 mi away
• Balvraid
  14.7 mi away
• The Pillars
  15.8 mi away
• Coul
  17.9 mi away
• Rogart
  21.7 mi away
• Culdrain
  22.2 mi away
• Tomich
  22.2 mi away
• Achnagarrin
  22.3 mi away
• Morness
  22.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Alness

The Holy Terror

Leslie Charteris · 1932

Moonstruck Madness

Laurie McBain · 1977

To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf · 1927

The darker superstitions of Scotland

Dalyell, John Graham Sir · 1834

Sectarianism in Scotland

Steve Bruce · 2004

My experiences at Scotland yard

Basil Thomson · 1923

The church hymnary

Church of Scotland. · 1898

NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA: THE LAST TSAR AND TSARINA; MIKHAIL PIOTROVSKY...ET AL

National Museums of Scotland · 2005

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

European holly

Ilex aquifolium

Seen 2026-09-17

Scotch Broom

Cytisus scoparius

Seen 2026-09-17

common heather

Calluna vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-17

Devil's-bit Scabious

Succisa pratensis

Seen 2026-09-17

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-17

Red-green Carpet

Chloroclysta siterata

Seen 2026-09-16

fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Seen 2026-09-16

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Seen 2026-09-15

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

Seen 2026-09-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers