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Thurso
Thurso is a community as well as previous burgh on the north coastline of the Highland council location of Scotland. Positioned in the historic area of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the British landmass. It exists at the junction of the north-south A9 road as well as the west-east A836 road, linked to Bridge of Forss in the west and also Castletown in the eastern. The 34-mile (55 kilometres) River Thurso moves with the town and right into Thurso Bay as well as the Pentland Firth. The river estuary acts as a tiny harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The larger Thurso civil parish consisting of the community and also the surrounding countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso worked as a vital Norse port, and also later on patronized ports throughout north Europe until the 19th century. A prospering angling centre, Thurso likewise had a credibility for its linen-cloth as well as tanning activities. Since 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although mainly deactivated at the end of the 20th century, uses a significant variety of the local population. The Category-A listed spoiled Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is among the oldest churches in Scotland, dating to a minimum of 1125. The current church, St Andrew's and also St Peter's, was built in 1832 to a layout by William Burn in the Gothic design. The community contains the primary school of North Highland University and Thurso Secondary School, the northernmost high school on the British mainland, which was developed in 1958. Thurso Castle, constructed in 1872, remains in ruins. Thurso is residence to the football (football) team, Thurso FC, established in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, as well as the rugby groups Caithness Crushers as well as Caithness RFC. Thurso railway station, opened up in 1874, was the most north station on the Sutherland and Caithness Railway. The neighboring port of Scrabster offers ferry services to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferryboat (MV Hamnavoe) runs in between Scrabster and Stromness.