Alness

Alness ; Scottish Gaelic Alanais
	Street in Alness
Coordinates	57 ° 42 ′ N , 4 ° 16 ′ W Coordinates: 57 ° 42 ′ N , 4 ° 16 ′ W
	Alness
	Alness
Residents	5782 2011 census
administration
Post town	ALNESS
ZIP code section	IV17
prefix	01349
Part of the country	Scotland
Council area	Highland
British Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Scottish Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

Alness ( Scottish Gaelic Alanais ) is a town in the Scottish Council Area Highland . It is located in the traditional county of Ross-shire , which was part of the administrative county of Ross and Cromarty between 1889 and 1975 . Alness is about 13 km northeast of Dingwall , 20 km north of Inverness and 5 km west of Invergordon near the Cromarty Firth , an inlet of the Moray Firth and had 5872 inhabitants in 2011. The Alness river of the same name flows into the Cromarty Firth at Alness.

Alness had a Royal Air Force base in the 20th century .

With Teaninich and Dalmore there are two whiskey distilleries in Alness. With Invergordon and the former Ben Wyvis distillery , there are two other whiskey producing companies in neighboring Invergordon .

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Alness is about a kilometer north of the A9 , which crosses the Cromarty Firth about 7 km southwest over the Cromarty Bridge . Alness station is regularly served by the Far North Line .

Sports

The Alness United FC plays (as of 2018/19) in the North Caledonian Football League , an independent league of Scottish football that is not coupled to the League System.