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Give a hike!Alva / Almhagh
Clackmannanshire
Slow Ways linking Alva and Alloa, Auchterarder, Bridge of Allan, Tillicoultry, Tullibody
Scotland / Clackmannanshire / Alva
Alva’s five Slow Ways are 45% checked
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Walk to Alva from further afield
Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Alva—Alloa
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Alvall one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 64m | Descent 68m | ||
Alva—Auchterarder
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Alvauc one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 28km/17mi | Ascent 864m | Descent 950m | ||
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Alva—Tillicoultry
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Alvtil one |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 87m | Descent 89m | ||
Bridge of Allan—Alva
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Brialv one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 11km/7mi | Ascent 180m | Descent 169m | ||
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Tullibody—Alva
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Tulalv one |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 25m | Descent 35m |
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Collective progress
45% of Alva’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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4 people have contributed to Alva’s Slow Ways
1 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Alva
15km out of 53km have been walked and reviewed
28km of reviews have been shared in Alva
Latest Updates
I agree with the other reviewers that it is possibly not so easy in places for all bikes, but a gravel/hybrid style bike would be absolutely fine, and the sections which are narrow and/or a bit less smooth (see photos) are overall pretty short and there weren’t too many gates. There’s some short uphill and downhill bits, but not too steep and it was overall pleasant easy walking and would be a lovely running route....
ClaudiaClauws
Review of Slow Ways route Alvtil one (Alva to Tillicoultry). There is then a well-signposted lane (not shown on the Slow Ways mapping) which takes the route through to an un-named road leading up to Woodhill Woods....
wellchoughed
The route begins on Alva main street (West Stirling Street) and follows this street (which becomes the A91) out of the town along a good pavement....
wellchoughed
It appears to be correctly mapped, although I cannot vouch for the link between the access road to the Woodland Park and the minor road round the back of the village (Burnside Farm Road)....
F Berry
dull functional plod down the main road, and then through suburbs of Alloa to pick up the last part of the Devon way ( tarmaced old railway line). A quieter road leading from Alva to Fishcross to pick up the Devon Way at an earlier point, is presumably not recommended as it lacks a footpath although there are quite a lot of pedestrians walking to the residential caravan site on the road....
ewan davidson
For those less interested in industrial estates following the road toward Menstrie another half mile leads to an improved path on the right which after following the road for a while , cuts east along the wooded north boundary of the bottling plant to join the access road from the North. Unfortunately there is no alternative to walking along the A91 to Alva (cafe, pubs, shops)- which does at least have a pavement...
ewan davidson
Slow Ways added Brialv one, a new walk from Bridge of Allan to Alva
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Grid ref
NS8817097040
Lat / Lon
56.15288° / -3.80182°
Easting / Northing
288,170E / 697,040N
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