Turriff
Turriff is a community and also civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It rests on the River Deveron, about 166 feet (51 m) over water level, and has a population of 5,708. In daily speech it is often described by its Scots name, Turra, which is stemmed from the Scottish Gaelic pronunciation. There are four churches in Turriff: St Ninian's (Church of Scotland), St Andrew's (Church of Scotland), St Congan's (Episcopal Church), and a Baptist church. Turriff has a primary school, Turriff Primary School and also a high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new construct which changed the old Markethill Primary School as well as opened to students on 22 August 2017. Individuals from the surrounding locations, consisting of the towns of Cuminestown, Fyvie and also King Edward participate in the senior high school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank and also TSB have branches in the town. The primary supermarket chains are Tesco (whose facilities have previously been inhabited by Presto, Gateway and also Somerfield) and also Co-op Food and there are numerous expert shops consisting of 2 giving drug stores. The town has a library, a sports centre and also swimming pool. It is served by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council accepted a licence to inhabit the Municipal Building (formerly made use of as council workplaces) to a volunteer team for usage as a basic community centre, while they finished their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The team relabelled the structure Turriff Town hall. The official handover was expected to be completed in 2016, however in June 2016 the team revealed that they had actually not achieved success in their Stage 2 Neighborhood Possession Transfer. The team retained the permit to inhabit till 28 October 2016, when the structure was gone back to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were approved a Community Asset Transfer of the building and also renamed it Turriff Heritage Centre.
