Turriff
Turriff is a community as well as civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It pushes the River Deveron, concerning 166 feet (51 m) over water level, and has a population of 5,708. In everyday speech it is commonly described by its Scots name, Turra, which is originated from the Scottish Gaelic pronunciation. There are four churches in Turriff: St Ninian's (Church of Scotland), St Andrew's (Church of Scotland), St Congan's (Episcopal Church), as well as a Baptist church. Turriff has a primary school, Turriff Primary School and also a high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new build which replaced the old Markethill Primary School as well as available to pupils on 22 August 2017. Individuals from the bordering areas, consisting of the towns of Cuminestown, Fyvie and King Edward go to the senior high school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank as well as TSB have branches in the community. The primary supermarket chains are Tesco (whose facilities have formerly been inhabited by Presto, Gateway and also Somerfield) and Co-op Food and also there are numerous professional shops consisting of two dispensing pharmacies. The community has a collection, a sporting activities centre as well as swimming pool. It is served by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council approved a permit to inhabit the Municipal Building (previously made use of as council offices) to a volunteer team for use as a basic neighborhood centre, while they completed their Community Asset Transfer of the building. The team relabelled the building Turriff Town hall. The official handover was anticipated to be finished in 2016, yet in June 2016 the team revealed that they had not achieved success in their Phase 2 Community Possession Transfer. The group kept the permit to occupy until 28 October 2016, when the building was gone back to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were provided a Community Asset Transfer of the building as well as renamed it Turriff Heritage Centre.
