Thurso
Thurso is a town and former burgh on the north coastline of the Highland council location of Scotland. Situated in the historical location of Caithness, it is the northern most community on the British mainland. It exists at the joint of the north-south A9 road and also the west-east A836 road, attached to Bridge of Forss in the west and Castletown in the eastern. The 34-mile (55 km) River Thurso streams via the town as well as into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river estuary works as a small harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The bigger Thurso civil parish consisting of the town and the bordering countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso worked as a crucial Norse port, and also later on traded with ports throughout north Europe until the 19th century. A thriving angling centre, Thurso additionally had a reputation for its linen-cloth and also tanning tasks. As of 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although mostly decommissioned at the end of the 20th century, uses a substantial number of the neighborhood populace. The Category-A noted ruined Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is one of the earliest churches in Scotland, dating to a minimum of 1125. The present church, St Andrew's and also St Peter's, was integrated in 1832 to a layout by William Burn in the Gothic design. The community includes the major university of North Highland College and Thurso Secondary School, the northernmost senior high school on the British mainland, which was established in 1958. Thurso Castle, constructed in 1872, is in ruins. Thurso is residence to the football (soccer) team, Thurso FC, developed in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, as well as the rugby groups Caithness Crushers and Caithness RFC. Thurso train station, opened up in 1874, was one of the most northern station on the Sutherland as well as Caithness Railway. The close-by port of Scrabster provides ferryboat solutions to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferryboat (MV Hamnavoe) operates between Scrabster and Stromness.
