Alcester is a market town and also civil church of Roman origin at the junction of the River Alne and River Arrow in Warwickshire, England, about 8 miles (13 kilometres) west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 8 miles southern of Redditch, near to the Worcestershire border. The 2011 demographics taped a population of 6,273. Today the town includes style from the Medieval, Tudor, Georgian, Victorian and 20th century. The oldest residence appears to be The Old Malthouse at the edge of Church Road and also Malt Mill Lane, which possibly dates from about 1500. The clock on St Nicholas Church (Grade 2 *) remains in an unusual position on the south-west edge of the 14th-century tower, making it noticeable from the High Street. The church additionally houses the burial place of Fulke Greville, grandpa of Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke. The church's Georgian nave with Doric columns as well as plastered ceiling is believed to have actually been made by Francis Smith of Warwick, manager of its rebuild by Woodward siblings of Chipping Camden in 1729.