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Turriff
Turriff is a community as well as civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, regarding 166 feet (51 m) over water level, and also has a population of 5,708. In daily speech it is frequently described by its Scots name, Turra, which is derived 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 also a Baptist church. Turriff has a primary school, Turriff Primary School and also a high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new build which changed the old Markethill Primary School and also available to pupils on 22 August 2017. People from the bordering areas, including the villages of Cuminestown, Fyvie and also King Edward attend the senior high school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank and also TSB have branches in the community. The major grocery store chains are Tesco (whose premises have actually previously been occupied by Presto, Gateway as well as Somerfield) and also Co-op Food and there are numerous specialist shops consisting of 2 dispensing pharmacies. The town has a library, a sports centre as well as swimming pool. It is served by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council approved a licence to inhabit the Court (formerly made use of as council workplaces) to a volunteer team for usage as a general area centre, while they finished their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The group relabelled the building Turriff Town House. The main handover was expected to be completed in 2016, but in June 2016 the group revealed that they had actually not achieved success in their Phase 2 Area Property Transfer. The group kept the permit to occupy until 28 October 2016, when the structure was returned to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were granted a Community Asset Transfer of the structure and also relabelled it Turriff Heritage Centre.