Turriff
Turriff is a community as well as civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It pushes the River Deveron, concerning 166 feet (51 m) over sea level, and also has a population of 5,708. In daily speech it is often described by its Scots name, Turra, which is stemmed from the Scottish Gaelic enunciation. There are 4 churches in Turriff: St Ninian's (Church of Scotland), St Andrew's (Church of Scotland), St Congan's (Episcopal Church), and 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 build which replaced the old Markethill Primary School and also available to students on 22 August 2017. Individuals from the surrounding areas, consisting of the villages of Cuminestown, Fyvie and also King Edward attend the high school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (previously Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank and TSB have branches in the town. The primary grocery store chains are Tesco (whose premises have actually formerly been inhabited by Presto, Gateway as well as Somerfield) and also Co-op Food as well as there are numerous professional stores including two dispensing drug stores. The community has a library, a sporting activities centre and also swimming pool. It is offered by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council accepted a permit to inhabit the Municipal Building (formerly made use of as council workplaces) to a volunteer group for usage as a basic neighborhood centre, while they finished their Community Asset Transfer of the building. The team relabelled the building Turriff Town House. The official handover was expected to be completed in 2016, but in June 2016 the group announced that they had not achieved success in their Phase 2 Community Asset Transfer. The team kept the licence to inhabit until 28 October 2016, when the structure was returned to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were given a Community Asset Transfer of the structure and relabelled it Turriff Heritage Centre.
