Alness is a town and also civil parish in Ross and also Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon 3 miles (5 kilometres) to the east, and the town of Evanton 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) to the south-west. The parish has a populace of 5,310, although the demographics region, that includes part of the parish of Rosskeen, has a populace of 5,186. According to the Highland Council, the population of Alness has actually increased around 20% given that the last demographics in 2011. The populace since 2016 was 6,101. For most of the 1990s as well as early 2000s, Alness regularly got in and won blossom competitions such as Scotland in Bloom, Britain in Bloom and others winning much of honors. This helped regrow several areas of the community, with real estate estates winning separate awards. They have not entered in recent years because of the financial prices. The community is still embellished by flowers maintained by hard-working volunteers. In 2018, the community was crowned the Scottish Champion at the 2018 Great British High Street Awards. The courts saw the shortlisted high streets across England, Scotland, Wales as well as Northern Ireland, meeting regional businesses, shoppers and community organisations, with Alness thrilling with its reinvention throughout the years to come to be a location to locate every little thing from flower designers and also bridal wear to delicatessens and pastry shops.