Thurso
Thurso is a town and also previous burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Positioned in the historic area of Caithness, it is the northern most town on the British mainland. It lies at the junction of the north-south A9 road and also 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 streams through the community and into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river tidewater works as a tiny harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The larger Thurso civil parish consisting of the town as well as the surrounding countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso operated as an essential Norse port, as well as later traded with ports throughout north Europe until the 19th century. A growing fishing centre, Thurso additionally had a reputation for its linen-cloth as well as tanning activities. Since 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although primarily deactivated at the end of the 20th century, uses a substantial number of the regional population. The Category-A provided spoiled 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 current church, St Andrew's and St Peter's, was integrated in 1832 to a style by William Burn in the Gothic style. The community has the main campus of North Highland College as well as Thurso Secondary School, the northern most high school on the British mainland, which was developed in 1958. Thurso Castle, integrated in 1872, is in damages. Thurso is house to the football (soccer) team, Thurso FC, established in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, and the rugby teams Caithness Crushers and also Caithness RFC. Thurso railway station, opened in 1874, was the most north station on the Sutherland as well as Caithness Railway. The nearby port of Scrabster offers ferryboat solutions to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) runs in between Scrabster and also Stromness.
