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Turriff
Turriff is a community as well as civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It pushes the River Deveron, about 166 feet (51 m) over water level, as well as has a population of 5,708. In day-to-day speech it is usually described by its Scots name, Turra, which is originated 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 high school, Turriff Academy. Turriff Primary School is a new construct which replaced the old Markethill Primary School and also open up to pupils on 22 August 2017. People from the surrounding locations, consisting of the villages of Cuminestown, Fyvie and King Edward go to the high school. Bank of Scotland, Santander UK (formerly Alliance & Leicester), Clydesdale Bank and also TSB have branches in the town. The major grocery store chains are Tesco (whose facilities have actually previously been inhabited by Presto, Gateway and also Somerfield) and Co-op Food and also there are numerous expert shops including two giving drug stores. The town has a library, a sporting activities centre and swimming pool. It is offered by Turriff Cottage Hospital. In October 2013, Aberdeenshire Council accepted a permit to occupy the Municipal Building (previously used as council workplaces) to a volunteer group for usage as a general community centre, while they finished their Community Asset Transfer of the structure. The group relabelled the structure Turriff Town hall. The main handover was anticipated to be completed in 2016, yet in June 2016 the team introduced that they had not achieved success in their Phase 2 Community Property Transfer. The group retained the licence to inhabit up until 28 October 2016, when the structure was returned to Aberdeenshire Council. Turriff and District Heritage Society were approved a Community Asset Transfer of the building and also renamed it Turriff Heritage Centre.