Turriff
Sign in to saveTurriff () is a town and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, about above sea level, and 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.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Turriff
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Torraibh / Baile Thurra
- UK place.scots_name
- Turra
- UK place.static_image_name
- Turriff.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- High Street, Turriff
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NJ725505
- UK place.edinburgh_distance
- SSW
- UK place.london_distance
- SSE
- UK place.civil_parish
- Turriff
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Aberdeenshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Aberdeenshire
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.post_town
- TURRIFF
- UK place.postcode_area
- AB
- UK place.postcode_district
- AB53
- UK place.dial_code
- 01888
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Gordon and Buchan
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Turriff () is a town and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, about above sea level, and 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.
==Services and amenities== left|thumb|upright|Turriff mercat cross. The local red sandstone used in the cross and the buildings behind it is characteristic of Turriff's older buildings There are four churches in Turriff: St Ninian's (Church of Scotland, 1794), St Andrew's (Church of Scotland), St Congan's (Episcopal Church, 1862), and a Baptist church.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Turriff” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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