Alcester is a market community and civil parish of Roman origin at the junction of the River Alne as well as River Arrow in Warwickshire, England, about 8 miles (13 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and also 8 miles south of Redditch, near the Worcestershire boundary. The 2011 census tape-recorded a population of 6,273. Today the community features architecture from the Middle ages, Tudor, Georgian, Victorian and also 20th century. The earliest home appears to be The Old Malthouse at the corner of Church Road as well as Malt Mill Lane, which possibly dates from regarding 1500. The clock on St Nicholas Church (Grade 2 *) remains in an unusual setting on the south-west edge of the 14th-century tower, making it noticeable from the High Street. The church additionally houses the tomb of Fulke Greville, grandpa of Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke. The church's Georgian nave with Doric columns and also plastered ceiling is thought to have been made by Francis Smith of Warwick, supervisor of its rebuild by Woodward siblings of Chipping Camden in 1729.