Turriff
Turriff is a town as well as civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, regarding 166 feet (51 m) above water level, as well as has a population of 5,708. In day-to-day speech it is frequently described by its Scots name, Turra, which is stemmed from the Scottish Gaelic pronunciation. There are 4 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 as well as a high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new build which changed the old Markethill Primary School as well as open up to students on 22 August 2017. Individuals from the surrounding areas, consisting of the villages of Cuminestown, Fyvie as well as King Edward go to the secondary school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank and TSB have branches in the community. The primary supermarket chains are Tesco (whose facilities have actually previously been inhabited by Presto, Gateway as well as Somerfield) as well as Co-op Food as well as there are numerous professional stores consisting of 2 dispensing pharmacies. The community 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 occupy the Court (formerly used as council workplaces) to a volunteer group for usage as a basic area centre, while they finished their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The team renamed the structure Turriff Town hall. The main handover was anticipated to be completed in 2016, yet in June 2016 the team revealed that they had actually not been successful in their Stage 2 Neighborhood Property Transfer. The team maintained 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 structure as well as relabelled it Turriff Heritage Centre.
