Thurso
Thurso is a town as well as former burgh on the north shore of the Highland council area of Scotland. Located in the historic area of Caithness, it is the northernmost community on the British mainland. It exists at the junction of the north-south A9 road as well as the west-east A836 road, linked to Bridge of Forss in the west and Castletown in the eastern. The 34-mile (55 km) River Thurso moves via the community and right into Thurso Bay and also the Pentland Firth. The river tidewater serves as a small harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The larger Thurso civil church consisting of the town and also the bordering countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso worked as a vital Norse port, as well as later on patronized ports throughout northern Europe till the 19th century. A flourishing fishing centre, Thurso likewise had a reputation for its linen-cloth and tanning tasks. Since 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although primarily decommissioned at the end of the 20th century, employs a significant variety of the neighborhood populace. The Category-A listed messed up Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is one of the earliest churches in Scotland, dating to at the very least 1125. The existing church, St Andrew's and St Peter's, was built in 1832 to a design by William Burn in the Gothic style. The community consists of the major campus of North Highland College and Thurso Senior High School, the northern most senior high school on the British mainland, which was developed in 1958. Thurso Castle, constructed in 1872, remains in damages. Thurso is house to the football (soccer) group, Thurso FC, developed in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, and also the rugby groups Caithness Crushers and Caithness RFC. Thurso train station, opened up in 1874, was one of the most northern station on the Sutherland and also Caithness Train. The close-by port of Scrabster offers ferry solutions to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) runs between Scrabster as well as Stromness.
