Alva

Alva (Allamhagh in Gaelic) is a small town in Clackmannanshire, set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is one of a number of towns situated immediately to the south of the Ochil Hills, collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or simply The Hillfoots. Alva had a resident population of 5,181 at the 2001 census but has since been revised to 4,960 in 2006. During the Industrial Revolution, Alva developed as a textile manufacturing centre and the woollen mills provided employment for locals and migrant workers to the area. The Mill Trail Centre, next to Cochrane Park, houses permanent exhibitions about the history of the old woollen industry and the experiences of the many people employed in the industry. On the site of the...