Alness is a community as well as civil parish in Ross as well as Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon 3 miles (5 kilometres) to the eastern, as well as the town of Evanton 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south-west. The parish has a populace of 5,310, although the census region, which includes part of the church of Rosskeen, has a population of 5,186. According to the Highland Council, the population of Alness has raised around 20% since the last demographics in 2011. The populace since 2016 was 6,101. For most of the 1990s and early 2000s, Alness regularly got in and won blossom competitors such as Scotland in Bloom, Britain in Bloom and others winning a lot of honors. This helped restore lots of areas of the community, with real estate estates winning different awards. They have actually not entered in current years because of the monetary costs. The community is still decorated by flowers maintained by tireless volunteers. In 2018, the town was crowned the Scottish Champion at the 2018 Great British High Street Awards. The courts checked out the shortlisted high roads throughout England, Scotland, Wales and also Northern Ireland, conference regional companies, buyers as well as area organisations, with Alness impressing with its reinvention for many years to come to be a location to discover every little thing from floral designers as well as bridal wear to delis as well as pastry shops.