Turriff
Turriff is a community as well as civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, concerning 166 feet (51 m) above water level, and also has a population of 5,708. In everyday speech it is often referred to by its Scots name, Turra, which is originated from the Scottish Gaelic enunciation. There are four 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 and a high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new build which changed the old Markethill Primary School as well as opened to pupils on 22 August 2017. People from the bordering areas, consisting of the villages of Cuminestown, Fyvie as well as King Edward go to the secondary school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (previously Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank as well as TSB have branches in the town. The main supermarket chains are Tesco (whose properties have actually formerly been inhabited by Presto, Gateway and also Somerfield) and Co-op Food and also there are numerous specialist shops including 2 dispensing pharmacies. The town has a collection, a sports centre and also swimming pool. It is offered by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council approved a licence to inhabit the Municipal Building (formerly made use of as council offices) to a volunteer group for usage as a general community centre, while they completed their Community Asset Transfer of the building. The team renamed the building Turriff Town hall. The official handover was anticipated to be completed in 2016, yet in June 2016 the group revealed that they had not succeeded in their Phase 2 Community Asset Transfer. The team kept the permit to occupy until 28 October 2016, when the structure was returned to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were granted a Community Asset Transfer of the building as well as relabelled it Turriff Heritage Centre.