Thurso
Thurso is a town as well as former burgh on the north shore of the Highland council location of Scotland. Located in the historical location of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the British landmass. It lies at the joint of the north-south A9 road and the west-east A836 road, linked to Bridge of Forss in the west and also Castletown in the east. The 34-mile (55 kilometres) River Thurso flows with the community and into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river tidewater acts as a little harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The bigger Thurso civil church including the community as well as the bordering countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso functioned as an important Norse port, and later patronized ports throughout north Europe until the 19th century. A flourishing fishing centre, Thurso additionally had a credibility for its linen-cloth as well as tanning activities. Since 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although mainly deactivated at the end of the 20th century, uses a substantial variety of the neighborhood populace. The Category-A provided wrecked Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is one of the oldest churches in Scotland, dating to at least 1125. The current church, St Andrew's and St Peter's, was integrated in 1832 to a style by William Burn in the Gothic style. The town contains the main university of North Highland College and Thurso High School, the northernmost high school on the British landmass, which was established in 1958. Thurso Castle, built in 1872, remains in damages. Thurso is home to the football (football) group, Thurso FC, established in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, as well as the rugby groups Caithness Crushers and also Caithness RFC. Thurso train station, opened up in 1874, was the most northern station on the Sutherland and Caithness Railway. The neighboring port of Scrabster provides ferryboat services to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferryboat (MV Hamnavoe) operates in between Scrabster and also Stromness.