Turriff
Turriff is a town and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It pushes the River Deveron, regarding 166 feet (51 m) above water 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 enunciation. There are four churches in Turriff: St Ninian's (Church of Scotland), St Andrew's (Church of Scotland), St Congan's (Episcopal Church), and also 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 build which changed the old Markethill Primary School and open up to students on 22 August 2017. People from the surrounding locations, consisting of the villages of Cuminestown, Fyvie and King Edward go to the senior high school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank and also TSB have branches in the community. The main supermarket chains are Tesco (whose facilities have actually formerly been occupied by Presto, Gateway and also Somerfield) and Co-op Food and there are numerous specialist shops consisting of 2 dispensing drug stores. 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 inhabit the Court (previously made use of as council offices) to a volunteer team for use as a general community centre, while they finished their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The group relabelled the structure Turriff Town House. The official handover was expected to be completed in 2016, but in June 2016 the team revealed that they had actually not been successful in their Phase 2 Community Possession Transfer. The team preserved the licence to occupy till 28 October 2016, when the building was returned to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were provided a Community Asset Transfer of the building as well as renamed it Turriff Heritage Centre.
