Turriff
Turriff is a community and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, about 166 feet (51 m) above water level, and has a population of 5,708. In daily speech it is usually referred to by its Scots name, Turra, which is stemmed 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 senior high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new build which changed the old Markethill Primary School as well as open up to pupils on 22 August 2017. People from the bordering areas, consisting of the villages 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 primary supermarket chains are Tesco (whose premises have formerly been inhabited by Presto, Gateway and also Somerfield) as well as Co-op Food and there are numerous expert stores including two dispensing pharmacies. The community has a library, a sports centre and also swimming pool. It is served by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council accepted a licence to inhabit the Court (formerly used as council workplaces) to a volunteer group for usage as a basic community centre, while they completed their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The team relabelled the building Turriff Town hall. The official handover was expected to be finished in 2016, however in June 2016 the group revealed that they had not been successful in their Stage 2 Community Property Transfer. The group maintained the licence to occupy up until 28 October 2016, when the structure was gone back to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were given a Community Asset Transfer of the structure as well as relabelled it Turriff Heritage Centre.