Alva
Alva is a small town in Clackmannanshire, embeded in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is among a variety of villages situated immediately to the south of the Ochil Hills, jointly referred to as the Hillfoots Towns or just The Hillfoots. It is located between Tillicoultry and Menstrie. Alva had a resident population of 5,181 at the 2001 census but this has actually since been changed to 4,960 in 2006. It boasts many functions such as a park with an occasion hall and also a recently opened up outdoor health club, and is the house of Alva Academy. Alva was historically in an exclave of Stirlingshire, but it was moved to Clackmannanshire in 1891.