Thurso
Thurso is a community and also previous burgh on the north coastline of the Highland council location of Scotland. Positioned in the historic area of Caithness, it is the northernmost community on the British landmass. It lies at the joint of the north-south A9 road as well as the west-east A836 road, attached to Bridge of Forss in the west and Castletown in the east. The 34-mile (55 km) River Thurso flows via the town as well as into Thurso Bay and also the Pentland Firth. The river estuary functions as a tiny harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The larger Thurso civil parish including the community as well as the surrounding countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso operated as an important Norse port, as well as later traded with ports throughout north Europe till the 19th century. A growing angling centre, Thurso additionally had an online reputation for its linen-cloth and tanning tasks. As of 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although mainly deactivated at the end of the 20th century, uses a considerable variety of the regional populace. The Category-A provided messed up Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is one of the earliest churches in Scotland, dating to at the very least 1125. The present church, St Andrew's and St Peter's, was built in 1832 to a layout by William Burn in the Gothic style. The community has the main school of North Highland University and Thurso High School, the northern most high school on the British landmass, which was developed in 1958. Thurso Castle, integrated in 1872, remains in ruins. Thurso is house to the football (football) team, 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 in 1874, was one of the most northern station on the Sutherland as well as Caithness Railway. The neighboring port of Scrabster gives ferryboat services to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferryboat (MV Hamnavoe) runs between Scrabster and Stromness.
