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Turriff
Turriff is a town and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It pushes the River Deveron, regarding 166 feet (51 m) over water level, and also has a population of 5,708. In day-to-day speech it is frequently described by its Scots name, Turra, which is originated 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 a Baptist church. Turriff has a primary school, Turriff Primary School and a senior high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new construct which changed the old Markethill Primary School as well as opened to pupils on 22 August 2017. Individuals from the bordering locations, consisting of the villages of Cuminestown, Fyvie as well as King Edward attend the senior high school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank and TSB have branches in the town. The major supermarket chains are Tesco (whose properties have previously been occupied by Presto, Gateway as well as Somerfield) as well as Co-op Food as well as there are numerous professional stores including 2 dispensing pharmacies. The community has a collection, a sporting activities centre and also swimming pool. It is offered by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council accepted a permit to occupy the Court (formerly used as council offices) to a volunteer group for usage as a general neighborhood centre, while they completed their Community Asset Transfer of the building. The team relabelled the structure Turriff Town hall. The official handover was anticipated to be completed in 2016, yet in June 2016 the team introduced that they had actually not been successful in their Phase 2 Neighborhood Possession Transfer. The group maintained the licence to inhabit 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 structure and also renamed it Turriff Heritage Centre.