Turriff
Turriff is a community as well as civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It pushes the River Deveron, regarding 166 feet (51 m) above sea level, and has a population of 5,708. In day-to-day speech it is commonly referred to by its Scots name, Turra, which is derived 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), 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 brand-new develop which changed the old Markethill Primary School and also available to students on 22 August 2017. Individuals from the bordering locations, including the towns of Cuminestown, Fyvie and also King Edward participate in the secondary school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (previously Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank as well as TSB have branches in the community. The major supermarket chains are Tesco (whose properties have formerly been occupied by Presto, Gateway and also Somerfield) as well as Co-op Food and there are numerous expert stores consisting of 2 giving pharmacies. The town has a collection, a sports centre and swimming pool. It is offered by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council accepted a licence to occupy the Municipal Building (previously made use of as council workplaces) to a volunteer group for use as a general area centre, while they completed their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The group relabelled the building Turriff Town hall. The main handover was expected to be finished in 2016, but in June 2016 the group revealed that they had actually not succeeded in their Phase 2 Area Possession Transfer. The group preserved the permit to occupy till 28 October 2016, when the building was returned to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were granted a Community Asset Transfer of the structure as well as relabelled it Turriff Heritage Centre.
