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Thurso
Thurso is a community and also previous burgh on the north shore of the Highland council area of Scotland. Positioned in the historical location of Caithness, it is the northern most town on the British mainland. It exists at the joint of the north-south A9 road and also the west-east A836 road, attached to Bridge of Forss in the west and also Castletown in the east. The 34-mile (55 kilometres) River Thurso flows via the community and right into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river tidewater acts as a little harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The larger Thurso civil parish including the town and the surrounding countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso operated as a vital Norse port, as well as later on traded with ports throughout north Europe up until the 19th century. A growing fishing centre, Thurso also had a reputation for its linen-cloth and tanning activities. As of 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although mostly decommissioned at the end of the 20th century, uses a substantial number of the neighborhood population. The Category-A listed destroyed 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 existing church, St Andrew's and St Peter's, was built in 1832 to a layout by William Burn in the Gothic design. The community consists of the major university of North Highland University and Thurso High School, the northernmost secondary school on the British mainland, which was established in 1958. Thurso Castle, built in 1872, is in damages. Thurso is house to the football (football) 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 train station, opened up in 1874, was one of the most north station on the Sutherland as well as Caithness Railway. The nearby port of Scrabster provides ferry services to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) operates between Scrabster as well as Stromness.