Development: Greenacres

Greenacres

Welcome to Greenacres…

Less than two miles from the beautiful Ochil Hills, Greenacres combines fresh, open surroundings with easy access to the whole of Central Scotland. Glasgow and Perth are around 45 minutes’ drive away, and Edinburgh and Dundee can be reached within approximately an hour. Trains from Alloa Station, a mile and a half from the development, travel via Stirling to Glasgow Queen Street, and services from Stirling include direct trains to Edinburgh, Dundee, Perth and Inverness. Buses stopping ten minutes’ walk from Greenacres operate to Alloa, and other local services link Sauchie with Tullibody, Tillicoultry and Stirling. 

There is a convenience store, newsagent and off-licence in nearby Pompee Road, and a post office, a pharmacy, food takeaways and hairdressers can all be found within a 20 minutes’ walk. Alloa’s lively, traditional town centre, half an hour’s walk away, presents a comprehensive variety of high street stores and local traders, from greengrocers, family butchers and hardware stores, to Tesco, Asda, Lidl and Aldi supermarkets. The shops and services are interspersed with cafes, restaurants and pubs. 

Alloa Cinema, open seven days a week, shows the latest releases, and Alman Dramatic Club mounts amateur productions in the small, intimate Coach House Theatre, just over a mile from Greenacres. The Alhambra Theatre and Vue Cinema in Stirling are complemented by film, theatre, music and exhibitions at the Macrobert Art Centre in the University Campus, one of Scotland’s most eclectic and exciting venues. Fitness amenities include Lotus Spa and Leisure Club with a PureGym in Alloa, while the superb opportunities for outdoor leisure range from parks, playgrounds and a skatepark to a ski centre in at Tillicoultry. Alloa Golf Club’s Schawpark Course, a mile east of the development, sits next to Gartmorn Dam Country Park, with its woodland walks, waterside trails and panoramic views, and the Ochil Hills provide endless opportunities for rambling and cycling.

Greenacres is in the catchment area for Craigbank Primary School, which also offers nursery provision in tree-lined grounds three-quarters of a mile to the east of the development. Lornshill Academy, a mile to the west, is a six-year comprehensive school occupying a superb campus with modern facilities and a wide spectrum of extra-curricular activities. Fifteen minutes walk away, Clackmannanshire Community Healthcare Centre houses three GP practices and provides a range of screening services and clinics, and Short and Associates is the larger of the two dental surgeries in Alloa.