Turriff
Turriff is a community and also civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, concerning 166 feet (51 m) above water level, and also has a population of 5,708. In day-to-day speech it is typically referred to by its Scots name, Turra, which is stemmed from the Scottish Gaelic enunciation. There are 4 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 as well as a secondary school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a brand-new construct which replaced the old Markethill Primary School and available to students on 22 August 2017. People from the surrounding areas, consisting of the villages of Cuminestown, Fyvie and also King Edward attend the secondary school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank as well as TSB have branches in the community. The primary grocery store chains are Tesco (whose premises have formerly been inhabited by Presto, Gateway as well as Somerfield) as well as Co-op Food and also there are numerous professional shops including two giving pharmacies. The community has a collection, a sporting activities centre and also swimming pool. It is served by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council authorized a licence to inhabit the Municipal Building (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 building. The group renamed the structure Turriff Town House. The main handover was anticipated to be finished in 2016, but in June 2016 the group revealed that they had actually not achieved success in their Stage 2 Area Asset Transfer. The group preserved the licence to inhabit up until 28 October 2016, when the structure was returned to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were approved a Community Asset Transfer of the building and also relabelled it Turriff Heritage Centre.