Alness Academy

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Alness Academy is a secondary school in Alness, Highland in the north on the Cromarty Firth of Scotland, serving the town of Alness and the villages of Evanton and Ardross. Along with five associated primary schools, it was one of the pilot New Community Schools in the Highlands. Originally built in the 1970s, it is one of the main schools in Ross-shire, with a school roll of 426. ()

Coordinates: 57°41'43"N, 4°14'58"W

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102 High StAlness IV17 0SG ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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+44 1349 883005

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Alness Academy – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fyrish Monument, Foulis Castle, Castlecraig, Black Rock Gorge.

3.3 miW
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Fyrish Monument, Evanton
83 min walk • The Fyrish Monument is a monument built in 1782 on Fyrish Hill, in Fyrish in Evanton, near Alness, Easter Ross, Scotland, on the orders of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, a native lord of the area who had served in India as a general.
5.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Foulis Castle
141 min walk • Foulis Castle is situated two miles south-west of Evanton in the parish of Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It is a white washed mansion that incorporates an old tower house with gun loops.
3.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Castlecraig
101 min walk • Castlecraig, also known as Craig Castle and Castle Craig, is a 16th-century fortification located on the north shore of the Black Isle in northern Scotland. It is on the south coast of the Cromarty Firth, 5 kilometres north-east of Culbokie and 19 kilometres north of the city of Inverness. The castle is protected as a scheduled monument.
4.9 miSW
Nature, Canyon, Natural attraction
Black Rock Gorge
125 min walk • Black Rock Gorge is a deep and narrow cleft in Old Red Sandstone conglomerate through which the Allt Graad flows in Easter Ross, Scotland.
1.4 miE
Stela
Clach a' Mheirlich
36 min walk • The Clach a' Mheirlich or Rosskeen Stone is a standing stone in a field near Rosskeen, Easter Ross, Scotland. The stone itself is Bronze Age in origin, but has on it three incised Pictish-style symbols barely visible on the surface of the stone, making it a Class I Pictish symbol stone.
6 miSW
Bridge
Cromarty Bridge
155 min walk • The Cromarty Bridge is a road bridge over the Cromarty Firth in Scotland.
0.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Teaninich Castle, Alness
18 min walk • Teaninich Castle is situated north of the village of Evanton and just south of the town of Alness in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.
0.6 miSE
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Dalmore distillery, Alness
17 min walk • The Dalmore distillery is located in Alness, Scotland, which is 20 miles north of Inverness. It sits on the banks of the Cromarty Firth overlooking the Black Isle, the "big meadowland", from which it takes its name.
3.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Balconie Castle, Evanton
93 min walk • Balconie Castle lay in the parish of Kiltearn, about 1⁄2 mile east of the village of Evanton in the Highlands of Scotland.
3.1 miE
Town
Invergordon
80 min walk • One of the town's most famous landmarks is the Invergordon Naval Museum and Heritage Centre, which showcases the history of the Royal Navy in the area. Visitors can explore exhibits detailing the naval presence in Invergordon during World War I and World War II, as...

Alness Academy

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Alness Academy – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)