Thurso
Thurso is a town as well as former burgh on the north shore of the Highland council area of Scotland. Positioned in the historic location of Caithness, it is the northern most community on the British landmass. It exists at the junction of the north-south A9 road and 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 via the town and right into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river tidewater works as a tiny harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The larger Thurso civil church including the town and the surrounding countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso operated as a crucial Norse port, as well as later patronized ports throughout northern Europe till the 19th century. A thriving angling centre, Thurso additionally had a reputation for its linen-cloth and tanning activities. As of 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although primarily decommissioned at the end of the 20th century, uses a considerable number of the local population. The Category-A noted ruined Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is just one of the oldest churches in Scotland, dating to a minimum of 1125. The current church, St Andrew's and St Peter's, was constructed in 1832 to a layout by William Burn in the Gothic design. The community includes the main campus of North Highland University and Thurso Senior High School, the northern most secondary school on the British mainland, which was established in 1958. Thurso Castle, constructed in 1872, is in damages. Thurso is residence to the football (soccer) team, Thurso FC, developed in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, as well as the rugby groups Caithness Crushers and Caithness RFC. Thurso train station, opened in 1874, was the most northern station on the Sutherland and also Caithness Train. The neighboring port of Scrabster offers ferry solutions to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) operates between Scrabster as well as Stromness.
