Thurso
Thurso is a town as well as previous burgh on the north coast of the Highland council location of Scotland. Situated in the historic area of Caithness, it is the northernmost town 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 kilometres) River Thurso flows through the community and also into Thurso Bay and also the Pentland Firth. The river tidewater serves as a small harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The larger Thurso civil church consisting of the town as well as the bordering countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso worked as an essential Norse port, and later traded with ports throughout northern Europe up until the 19th century. A prospering fishing centre, Thurso likewise had an online reputation for its linen-cloth and also tanning tasks. As of 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although primarily decommissioned at the end of the 20th century, employs a substantial number of the neighborhood population. The Category-A provided wrecked Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is among the oldest churches in Scotland, dating to at least 1125. The present church, St Andrew's as well as St Peter's, was built in 1832 to a style by William Burn in the Gothic style. The community has the main school of North Highland College as well as Thurso Senior High School, the northernmost secondary school on the British landmass, which was established in 1958. Thurso Castle, constructed in 1872, remains in damages. Thurso is residence to the football (football) group, Thurso FC, developed in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, and also the rugby teams Caithness Crushers and also Caithness RFC. Thurso railway station, opened up in 1874, was the most north station on the Sutherland and Caithness Train. The nearby port of Scrabster gives ferry solutions to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferryboat (MV Hamnavoe) runs in between Scrabster and Stromness.