Thurso
Thurso is a town and also previous burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Positioned in the historical location of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the British mainland. It exists at the junction of the north-south A9 road as well as the west-east A836 road, connected to Bridge of Forss in the west as well as Castletown in the eastern. The 34-mile (55 km) River Thurso streams through the community as well as into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river tidewater functions as a tiny harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The larger Thurso civil parish including the community as well as the bordering countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso functioned as a crucial Norse port, as well as later traded with ports throughout northern Europe until the 19th century. A growing fishing centre, Thurso likewise had a reputation for its linen-cloth as well as tanning activities. Since 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although mostly decommissioned at the end of the 20th century, uses a considerable number of the local population. The Category-A listed destroyed Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is one of the oldest churches in Scotland, dating to at the very least 1125. The current church, St Andrew's and also St Peter's, was constructed in 1832 to a style by William Burn in the Gothic design. The town consists of the primary school of North Highland College and Thurso High School, the northern most secondary school on the British mainland, which was developed in 1958. Thurso Castle, constructed in 1872, is in damages. Thurso is house to the football (soccer) group, Thurso FC, established in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, as well as the rugby teams Caithness Crushers and Caithness RFC. Thurso railway station, opened up in 1874, was the most north station on the Sutherland and also Caithness Train. The close-by port of Scrabster supplies ferryboat services to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) operates between Scrabster and also Stromness.
