Turriff
Turriff is a community and also civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, about 166 feet (51 m) over sea level, and also has a population of 5,708. In everyday speech it is often referred to by its Scots name, Turra, which is derived 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), and a Baptist church. Turriff has a primary school, Turriff Primary School and a high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a brand-new develop which replaced the old Markethill Primary School and available to pupils on 22 August 2017. People from the surrounding areas, consisting of the towns of Cuminestown, Fyvie as well as King Edward participate in the secondary school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (previously Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank and also TSB have branches in the community. The main grocery store chains are Tesco (whose premises have formerly been occupied by Presto, Gateway and also Somerfield) and also Co-op Food and also there are numerous professional stores including 2 dispensing drug stores. The community has a library, a sports centre and swimming pool. It is offered by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council accepted a permit to inhabit the Court (previously made use of as council offices) to a volunteer group for usage as a general area centre, while they completed their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The team renamed the structure Turriff Town hall. The main handover was expected to be finished in 2016, yet in June 2016 the group revealed that they had not achieved success in their Phase 2 Neighborhood Property Transfer. The group kept the licence to occupy up until 28 October 2016, when the building was returned to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were approved a Community Asset Transfer of the structure and also renamed it Turriff Heritage Centre.
