Turriff is a community and also civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It pushes the River Deveron, regarding 166 feet (51 m) over sea level, as well as has a population of 5,708. In everyday speech it is often referred to by its Scots name, Turra, which is derived from the Scottish Gaelic pronunciation. 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 and also a secondary school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new build which changed the old Markethill Primary School and also opened to students on 22 August 2017. Individuals from the bordering areas, consisting of the towns of Cuminestown, Fyvie and King Edward attend the secondary school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank and TSB have branches in the community. The main supermarket chains are Tesco (whose facilities have formerly been inhabited by Presto, Gateway as well as Somerfield) as well as Co-op Food and there are numerous expert shops consisting of 2 giving pharmacies. The community has a collection, a sports centre as well as swimming pool. It is offered by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council accepted a licence to inhabit the Municipal Building (previously used as council workplaces) to a volunteer group for use as a general area centre, while they finished their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The group renamed the structure Turriff Town hall. The official handover was expected to be completed in 2016, however in June 2016 the group introduced that they had not been successful in their Phase 2 Community Possession Transfer. The team kept the licence to inhabit up until 28 October 2016, when the building was gone back to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were provided a Community Asset Transfer of the structure and also relabelled it Turriff Heritage Centre.
