Turriff
Turriff is a town and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It pushes the River Deveron, regarding 166 feet (51 m) over water level, and also has a population of 5,708. In daily speech it is typically referred to 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 also a Baptist church. Turriff has a primary school, Turriff Primary School as well as a secondary school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new build which changed the old Markethill Primary School as well as available to students on 22 August 2017. Individuals from the bordering areas, consisting of the villages of Cuminestown, Fyvie and King Edward attend the senior high school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (previously Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank as well as TSB have branches in the community. The main supermarket chains are Tesco (whose premises have actually formerly been inhabited by Presto, Gateway and Somerfield) as well as Co-op Food as well as there are numerous specialist stores including 2 dispensing drug stores. The town has a library, a sports centre and swimming pool. It is served by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council authorized a permit to occupy the Municipal Building (formerly used as council offices) to a volunteer team for usage as a general area centre, while they completed their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The team relabelled the structure Turriff Town House. The main handover was expected to be finished in 2016, however in June 2016 the team revealed that they had not succeeded in their Phase 2 Community Possession Transfer. The team kept the licence to occupy up until 28 October 2016, when the building was returned to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were provided a Community Asset Transfer of the structure and relabelled it Turriff Heritage Centre.
