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 day-to-day speech it is often described by its Scots name, Turra, which is stemmed 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 as well as a high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a brand-new construct which changed the old Markethill Primary School as well as opened to students on 22 August 2017. People from the surrounding areas, including the villages of Cuminestown, Fyvie and also King Edward attend the high school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank and TSB have branches in the town. The main supermarket chains are Tesco (whose premises have formerly been inhabited by Presto, Gateway and also Somerfield) and also Co-op Food as well as there are numerous specialist shops including two giving drug stores. The community has a library, a sports centre and 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 team for usage as a basic community centre, while they completed their Community Asset Transfer of the building. The team renamed the structure Turriff Town hall. The main handover was expected to be finished in 2016, yet in June 2016 the group announced that they had actually not achieved success in their Phase 2 Community Property Transfer. The group retained the permit to inhabit till 28 October 2016, when the building was returned to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were granted a Community Asset Transfer of the building and renamed it Turriff Heritage Centre.