Alness (/ˈɔːlnəs/, AWL-nis; Scottish Gaelic: Alanais) is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.

In 2018, the town was crowned the Scottish Champion at the 2018 Great British High Street Awards.

[5] The judges visited the shortlisted high streets across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, meeting local businesses, shoppers and community organisations, with Alness impressing with its reinvention over the years to become a place to find everything from florists and bridal wear to delis and bakeries.

It was said that Sir Hector rolled stones from the top of the hill to the bottom, thereby extending the amount of time worked and paying the labourers for additional hours.

[8] It represents the Gate of Negapatam, a port in Madras, India, which General Munro took for the British in 1781.

The site of the monument provides an extensive view over the Cromarty Firth and beyond, and Ben Wyvis can be seen clearly, especially impressive if snow-covered.

A path to the top starts at a car park northeast of the hill at OS grid NH627715.

The new building opened to students on 28 October 2020, and included a new public swimming pool, and an all-weather floodlit sports facility.

[13] Despite an initial difficulty of procuring barley whisky owing to a high demand from illegal distilleries, by 1830 Teaninich produced 30 times more spirit than it did at its founding.

[14] The distillery mainly produces malts for blending, and it is used in Johnnie Walker Red Label.

[14] In 2023, Celtic Connections teamed up with a new Glaswegian bottling company Caskade to release a limited edition Teaninich 10 year old malt as the festival's official 30th Anniversary whisky.

By the time that the last section, that between Dingwall and Invergordon, opened on 25 March 1863, the I&RR had amalgamated with the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway (I&AJR), the authorisation being given on 30 June 1862.

The station at Alness was then closed by the British Transport Commission on 13 June 1960[20] and remained so for 13 years.