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Thurso
Thurso is a community and also former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council location of Scotland. Located in the historic location of Caithness, it is the northernmost community on the British landmass. It lies at the junction of the north-south A9 road as well as the west-east A836 road, attached to Bridge of Forss in the west and Castletown in the east. The 34-mile (55 kilometres) River Thurso flows with the community and into Thurso Bay as well as the Pentland Firth. The river tidewater acts as a tiny harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The bigger Thurso civil parish consisting of the town as well as the surrounding countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso worked as a crucial Norse port, as well as later patronized ports throughout north Europe up until the 19th century. A thriving fishing centre, Thurso additionally had an online reputation for its linen-cloth and also tanning activities. As of 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although mainly decommissioned at the end of the 20th century, employs a considerable variety of the regional populace. The Category-A detailed destroyed Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is among the oldest churches in Scotland, dating to a minimum of 1125. The present church, St Andrew's as well as St Peter's, was integrated in 1832 to a layout by William Burn in the Gothic style. The town includes the primary university of North Highland College and Thurso Secondary School, the northern most high school on the British landmass, which was developed in 1958. Thurso Castle, constructed in 1872, remains in ruins. Thurso is residence to the football (football) group, Thurso FC, developed in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, as well as the rugby groups Caithness Crushers and also Caithness RFC. Thurso railway station, opened in 1874, was one of the most northern station on the Sutherland and Caithness Railway. The neighboring port of Scrabster gives ferry services to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) operates between Scrabster as well as Stromness.