Alness is a community and also civil parish in Ross and also Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon 3 miles (5 km) to the east, as well as the village of Evanton 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south-west. The parish has a populace of 5,310, although the demographics locality, that includes part of the church of Rosskeen, has a populace of 5,186. According to the Highland Council, the population of Alness has increased around 20% because the last census in 2011. The population as of 2016 was 6,101. For a lot of the 1990s and very early 2000s, Alness consistently went into and also won blossom competitors such as Scotland in Bloom, Britain in Bloom and others winning a lot of honors. This helped restore lots of locations of the town, with housing estates winning different awards. They have not entered in recent years due to the monetary prices. The town is still embellished by blossoms preserved by hard-working volunteers. In 2018, the community was crowned the Scottish Champion at the 2018 Great British High Street Awards. The courts went to the shortlisted high streets throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, meeting regional organisations, customers as well as neighborhood organisations, with Alness exciting with its reinvention throughout the years to become a place to locate everything from floral designers and also wedding wear to delicatessens as well as bakeries.