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Ben Ever – Ben Cleuch summit loop from Clackmannanshire

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Alva

Ben Ever – Ben Cleuch summit loop from Clackmannanshire

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Ben Ever – Ben Cleuch summit loop from Clackmannanshire

03:49

10.3km

680m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 18, 2026

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Parking

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10 m

Woodland Streams at Ochil Hills Woodland Park

Highlight • Forest

The Wood Hill, between Alva and Tillicoultry, is what remains of the grounds of Alva House (now demolished) and is now the Ochil Hills Woodland Park.

As well as attractive walks in deciduous woodland, the park has a children's play area, a number of picnic sites and display boards describing the former grandeur of the old estate.

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786 m

Dog Gate with Sliding Panel

Highlight • Structure

Having lifted our little dogs over the turnstiles around our walk we were pleasantly surprised to find this one that had a sliding piece of wood to allow small dogs through the turnstile rather than having to lift them.

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1.39 km

View of Alva from the Hill Path

Highlight • Trail

Not really a gravel bike descent when the grass is damp as there is no traction and very hard to control on steep slope just before the stony hairpins of the Nebbit. Best done on mtb.

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3.73 km

Ben Ever

Highlight • Viewpoint

Ben Ever is a subsidiary peak of Ben Cleuch. It's 622m high and offers great views of the higher peak and south towards Falkirk. Normally climbed on the way to Ben Cleuch or on the descent from that peak.

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5.08 km

Ben Cleuch summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

The views from up here make it all the more worth the climb!

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9.37 km

Silver Glen Waterfall and Silver Mine

Highlight • Waterfall

The Silver Glen lies approximately 1 km to the east of the town of Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and takes its name from the silver that was mined there in the early 18th century. The story of the silver mine is a remarkable one. The deposit, the richest deposit of native silver ever found in the British Isles, was discovered just as the Jacobite rising of 1715 was breaking out, and its owner, Sir John Erskine, left to join the rebels, leaving his wife in charge of the mine. Some 40 tons of ore were raised and buried in barrels in the grounds of Alva House, whilst the richest of the ore was smelted and the ingots concealed under floorboards inside the house. The mine was then filled in during the aftermath of the failed rising, but its existence was revealed to the government by an employee of the Erskines. Samples of the ore were analysed by Sir Isaac Newton and found to be very rich. Sir John was later able to secure a pardon for his role in the rising, on condition he revealed all he knew about the mine, and gave a tenth of the proceeds to the government. Mining resumed a few years later and the remainder of the deposit was extracted. Later, in 1759, a vein carrying erythrite, an ore of cobalt, was found and gave a new lease of life to the mines, but it was soon exhausted

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10.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.68 km

3.41 km

109 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.89 km

1.20 km

109 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 26 August

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Ben Ever – Ben Cleuch summit loop from Clackmannanshire

Woodland Streams at Ochil Hills Woodland Park

Dog Gate with Sliding Panel

View of Alva from the Hill Path

Ben Ever

Ben Cleuch summit

Silver Glen Waterfall and Silver Mine

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