Alloa’s biggest
West End Park
Park or garden
8.2 ha (20 acres)1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
11 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Alloa
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Peter Moore · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Alloa · parks, paths & countryside
Alloa is on the coast
The sea makes up 6% of the area within 5 km. 85 km of footpaths run through the town and the kilometre around it, 3.7 for every square kilometre. 92% of residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park or playing field. Alloa has no Outdoors Grade: Scottish towns aren’t graded on the outdoors yet.
Green space
2.2 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical town in England and Wales 2.1
Near a park
92%
of residents within 400 m
Typical town in England and Wales 83%
Footpaths
85 km
3.7 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical town in England and Wales 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
0%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
The sea
6%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Alloa’s locality.
Green space: parks, gardens, playing fields and play spaces, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · Contains OS data © Crown copyright · Scottish Government, NatureScot
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Alloa
The biggest is West End Park, 8.2 ha (20 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Arns Brae Pleasure Grounds
Park or garden
3.3 ha (8 acres)1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
5 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.4 mi westfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Earlsfield
Playing field
5.7 ha (14 acres)
8 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
0.7 mi south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Close to home
9 in 10 Alloa residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Each square is 1 in 100 residents: green lives within 400 m of a public park, garden or playing field (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace).
Within 400 m (92%)Further (8%)
Alloa92%
Clackmannanshire towns85%
Towns in England and Wales83%
About 1,200 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 48 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 306 residents.
National Parks & National Scenic Areas
The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is 15 mi away
Protected landscapes within 30 km, by direction and distance from the edge of the locality; circle size shows each one’s area. National Scenic Areas are Scotland’s finest landscapes, chosen by NatureScot.
National ParkNational Scenic AreaThe 5 km the grade counts
National Park
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
15 mi north-west1,861 km²since 2002
Official siteNational Scenic Area
River Earn (Comrie to St Fillans)
17 mi north-west31 km²since 1980
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park covers 1,861 km² and has been a National Park since 2002.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Footpaths in and around Alloa
85 km of footpaths, tracks and core paths are mapped in Alloa and the kilometre around it, 3.7 km for every square kilometre (the typical town in England and Wales has 3.0).
No named walking route is mapped within 2 km of Alloa; its footpaths are on the map above.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Scotland has no rights-of-way register: everyone has a right of responsible access to most land, so tracks and councils’ core paths count. Paths are only as complete as the map in each area.
When to get out
The best walking months in Alloa: May to September
The town’s 1991–2020 averages (Met Office HadUK-Grid) and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have 12½+ hours of daylight, highs of 15 °C or more and little rain for the town.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 7.5 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 7.0 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 114 | 94 | 80 | 55 | 59 | 71 | 81 | 85 | 78 | 109 | 101 | 110 |
April is the driest month (55 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 20 °C). Winter days are short, about 7 hours of daylight in December, and 114 mm of rain falls in January, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 46 nights a year. The climate in Alloa →
The coast
The coast and beaches near Alloa
6% of the area within 5 km of Alloa is sea.
Sea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by SEPA; check it before swimming.
Things to do
48 playgrounds
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Alloa Dockin town
DirectionsHills and peaks 1
Gubber Hill0.1 mi from town
DirectionsNature reserves 3
Alloa Inch42 ha · in town
DirectionsTullibody Inch15 ha · in town
DirectionsCambus Pools Nature Reserve12 ha · 1.1 mi from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 48
SmithField / Bellevue Playparkin town
DirectionsPlus 47 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Next door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
SauchieTullibodyClackmannanAlvaFallinMenstrieAlloa
ABCDOutdoors Grade
None of the neighbours has a protected landscape within 5 km either.
Questions about the outdoors in Alloa
What is the biggest park in Alloa?
West End Park, 8.2 ha (20 acres), with 1.5 km of path. Arns Brae Pleasure Grounds (3.3 ha) is second. 3 named parks, gardens and playing fields are in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Alloa near a National Park?
Yes. Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park begins 15 mi north-west of the town’s edge. It covers 1,861 km² and has been a National Park since 2002.
How many people in Alloa live near a park?
92% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a public park, garden or playing field (NRS Census 2022 output areas against OS Open Greenspace). The typical town in England and Wales is 83%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Alloa?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How is the Outdoors Grade worked out?
From five measures, each placed among UK towns of 1,000 or more: public green space per resident, the share living near a park, National Park or National Scenic Area within 5 km, footpaths per square kilometre, and the sea within 5 km. It is a character grade and isn’t part of Alloa’s overall grade.
Sources
Where Alloa’s outdoors figures come from
- Parks and green space: Ordnance Survey OS Open Greenspace (parks and gardens, playing fields, play spaces, and their access points). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- National Parks and National Scenic Areas: Scottish Government and NatureScot boundaries (Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, Cairngorms; the 40 National Scenic Areas), clipped to land, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Footpaths, tracks, core paths, walking routes, beaches and things to do: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL), via Geofabrik’s Scotland extract, October 2026.
- Historic gardens, listed buildings and monuments: Historic Environment Scotland designations, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rain and temperature: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for the town; daylight calculated from its latitude.
- The sea: ONS Countries (December 2024) boundaries clipped to mean high water. Residents near a park: NRS Scotland’s Census 2022 output areas.
- Grade: Scottish towns have no Outdoors Grade yet.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.