About the town » Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, Great Britain

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.