The River Forth is a major river in central Scotland, 47 km (29 mi) long, which drains into the North Sea on the east coast of the country. Its drainage basin covers much of Stirlingshire in Scotland's Central Belt. [1]

Dollar to Alloa on an old railway line. Easy going. Explore the industrial and medieval past of this former busy port. Discover where Britain's biggest natural silver deposit was found. A classic hike up and down an Ochils glen. Walk along the Forth to Scotland's first commercial whisky distillery.

May 8, 2022 · A ferry across the River Forth had operated between what later became Alloa and South Alloa since early medieval times. Under the Earls of Mar, Alloa also began to develop as a significant harbour and trading port.

Compare vintage landscape photography with modern rephotographs and explore the landscape of Alloa, a town on the north side of the River Forth in Clackmannanshire.

Below Alloa the river becomes less remarkable for its sinuosity of movement, and, losing partly its freshwater character, begins to expand slowly into a fine estuary, reaching the German Ocean at a distance of 51¼ miles from Alloa.

The River Forth is a free river with no navigation works and no licence requirements. The river is tidal up to Craigforth Mill, a short distance above Stirling. Up to Alloa the river is largely a wide estuary, but beyond there the river twists and there are unmarked shallows.

Jan 29, 2021 · Back in the middle of the 1800s, the port at Alloa was so busy with the import of wooden pit-props (support beams in a mineshaft) that a new larger dock basin was built. This was to support the mining industry that developed along my shores and even under my waters! Alloa remained a prosperous port until the opening of the Kincardine Bridge in ...

Below Stirling, the Forth flows east over the Carse of Stirling and past Cambus (where it is joined by the river Devon), Alloa, Fallin and Airth. Upon reaching Kincardine on Forth, the river begins to widen into an estuary, the Firth of Forth.

Alloa Inch is an island in the tidal reaches of the River Forth near Alloa, just before the river opens out into the Firth of Forth. There is a derelict farmhouse on the island, as the land was farmed in the past.

Sep 2, 2023 · In the centre of Scotland, and on the fringe of the industrial belt, lies the town with the euphonious name of Alloa, pleasantly situated on the left bank of the Forth with the Ochil Hills forming a glorious background.