Turriff
Turriff is a town as well as civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It rests on the River Deveron, regarding 166 feet (51 m) above sea level, as well as has a population of 5,708. In everyday speech it is commonly described by its Scots name, Turra, which is stemmed from the Scottish Gaelic enunciation. There are four churches in Turriff: St Ninian's (Church of Scotland), St Andrew's (Church of Scotland), St Congan's (Episcopal Church), and also a Baptist church. Turriff has a primary school, Turriff Primary School and also a senior high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new develop which changed the old Markethill Primary School and open up to students on 22 August 2017. People from the bordering locations, consisting of the towns of Cuminestown, Fyvie and also King Edward go to the high school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank as well as TSB have branches in the town. The major grocery store chains are Tesco (whose facilities have formerly been inhabited by Presto, Gateway and also Somerfield) and also Co-op Food and also there are numerous specialist shops including 2 giving pharmacies. The town has a collection, a sporting activities centre and also swimming pool. It is offered by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council authorized a permit to inhabit the Municipal Building (previously made use of as council offices) to a volunteer team for use as a general community centre, while they completed their Community Asset Transfer of the building. The team relabelled the building Turriff Town hall. The main handover was anticipated to be completed in 2016, but in June 2016 the group revealed that they had actually not achieved success in their Stage 2 Community Asset Transfer. The team preserved the permit to occupy up until 28 October 2016, when the building was returned to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were provided a Community Asset Transfer of the structure as well as relabelled it Turriff Heritage Centre.
