27 Feb
Insulation | Loft / Roof
Thurso - KW14
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Loft insulation and boarding to loft
Thurso
Thurso is a town as well as previous burgh on the north shore of the Highland council location of Scotland. Positioned in the historic area of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the British landmass. It lies at the junction of the north-south A9 road and the west-east A836 road, linked to Bridge of Forss in the west and Castletown in the east. The 34-mile (55 km) River Thurso streams via the town and also into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river estuary works as a tiny harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The bigger Thurso civil parish including the town and also the bordering countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso operated as a crucial Norse port, and also later on patronized ports throughout north Europe until the 19th century. A prospering fishing centre, Thurso additionally had a reputation for its linen-cloth and tanning activities. Since 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although primarily deactivated at the end of the 20th century, employs a substantial number of the local population. The Category-A detailed wrecked Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is just one of the earliest churches in Scotland, dating to a minimum of 1125. The present church, St Andrew's and also St Peter's, was integrated in 1832 to a layout by William Burn in the Gothic design. The community consists of the major campus of North Highland University and also Thurso Senior High School, the northern most secondary school on the British landmass, which was established in 1958. Thurso Castle, constructed in 1872, remains in ruins. Thurso is residence to the football (soccer) group, Thurso FC, developed in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, as well as the rugby groups Caithness Crushers and also Caithness RFC. Thurso railway station, opened up in 1874, was one of the most north station on the Sutherland and also Caithness Railway. The nearby port of Scrabster supplies ferry services to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) runs in between Scrabster and Stromness.
