Turriff
Turriff is a town and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It pushes the River Deveron, about 166 feet (51 m) above sea level, and also has a population of 5,708. In daily speech it is usually referred to by its Scots name, Turra, which is originated 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 as well as a secondary school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a brand-new develop which replaced the old Markethill Primary School and opened to students on 22 August 2017. Individuals from the surrounding locations, consisting of the towns of Cuminestown, Fyvie as well as King Edward participate in the secondary school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank as well as TSB have branches in the town. The primary grocery store chains are Tesco (whose properties have previously been occupied by Presto, Gateway as well as Somerfield) and also Co-op Food and there are numerous expert shops including 2 giving drug stores. The community has a collection, a sports centre as well as swimming pool. It is served by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council authorized a licence to occupy the Municipal Building (formerly made use of as council offices) to a volunteer team for use as a basic area centre, while they completed their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The group relabelled the structure Turriff Town House. The official handover was anticipated to be completed in 2016, but in June 2016 the team introduced that they had actually not succeeded in their Stage 2 Neighborhood Asset Transfer. The team kept the licence to inhabit until 28 October 2016, when the building was gone back to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were given a Community Asset Transfer of the structure and renamed it Turriff Heritage Centre.