ALLOA, municipal and police burgh and seaport, Clackman nanshire, Scotland. It is on the north bank of the Forth, 32m. from Edinburgh by the L.N.E.R. via the Forth Bridge, and 25m. from Leith by steamer. Pop. (1931) 13,322. The L.M.S.R. enters the town from the south-west by a steel bridge across the river, and also owns a ferry to South Alloa, on the opposite shore, in Stirlingshire. Between Alloa and Stirling the stream forms the famous sinuous "links," giving a i2-mile river-course as against 6',m. by road.
Alloa makes yarn, the famous Alloa ale, spirits and yeast (Carsebridge), glass, pottery, electrical appliances, brass, iron and ships. Coal is exported and oil imported. The docks are acces sible only at high water. Among the principal buildings are the fine Gothic parish church, the town hall, including the free public library, and the museum of the Natural Science and Archaeologi cal Society. Alloa Park, the seat of the earl of Mar and Kellie, is in the immediate vicinity, and in its grounds stand the ruins of Alloa Tower 0315), once the residence of the powerful family of Erskine, descendants of the earl of Mar.