Turriff is a community and also civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, regarding 166 feet (51 m) over water level, and has a population of 5,708. In day-to-day speech it is usually referred to by its Scots name, Turra, which is originated from the Scottish Gaelic pronunciation. There are 4 churches in Turriff: St Ninian's (Church of Scotland), St Andrew's (Church of Scotland), St Congan's (Episcopal Church), as well as a Baptist church. Turriff has a primary school, Turriff Primary School as well as a secondary school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new construct which changed the old Markethill Primary School and also open up to students on 22 August 2017. People from the surrounding areas, consisting of the villages of Cuminestown, Fyvie as well as King Edward participate in the senior high school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank and TSB have branches in the community. The primary grocery store chains are Tesco (whose properties have actually formerly been inhabited by Presto, Gateway as well as Somerfield) and also Co-op Food and also there are numerous specialist stores consisting of 2 dispensing drug stores. The town has a library, a sporting activities centre and also swimming pool. It is offered by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council approved a licence to inhabit the Court (formerly used as council offices) to a volunteer team for usage as a general community centre, while they finished their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The group renamed the building Turriff Town hall. The official handover was anticipated to be completed in 2016, yet in June 2016 the team revealed that they had not achieved success in their Stage 2 Community Possession Transfer. The team maintained the permit to occupy up until 28 October 2016, when the building was gone back to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were approved a Community Asset Transfer of the building as well as relabelled it Turriff Heritage Centre.