Turriff
Turriff is a community and also civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, regarding 166 feet (51 m) above water level, as well as has a population of 5,708. In everyday speech it is usually referred to by its Scots name, Turra, which is derived from the Scottish Gaelic pronunciation. 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 a high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a brand-new build which replaced the old Markethill Primary School and also available to pupils on 22 August 2017. Individuals from the surrounding locations, including the villages of Cuminestown, Fyvie as well as King Edward go to the secondary school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank as well as TSB have branches in the town. The major supermarket chains are Tesco (whose properties have actually previously been inhabited by Presto, Gateway as well as Somerfield) as well as Co-op Food as well as there are numerous professional shops including 2 giving drug stores. The community has a collection, a sporting activities centre and swimming pool. It is served by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council approved a licence to occupy the Court (formerly used as council offices) to a volunteer group for use as a basic area centre, while they completed their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The group relabelled the building Turriff Town hall. The main handover was anticipated to be completed in 2016, yet in June 2016 the team introduced that they had not achieved success in their Phase 2 Community Possession Transfer. The group preserved the permit to inhabit till 28 October 2016, when the structure was gone back to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were provided a Community Asset Transfer of the building as well as relabelled it Turriff Heritage Centre.