Turriff

This article is about the town in Scotland. For the locality in Australia, see Turriff, Victoria.

Turriff
High Street, Turriff
Turriff is located in Aberdeenshire
Turriff
Turriff
Location within Aberdeenshire
Population4,700 (2022)[2]
OS grid referenceNJ725505
• Edinburgh160 miles (257 km) SSW
• London569 miles (916 km) SSE
Civil parish
  • Turriff
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTURRIFF
Postcode districtAB53
Dialling code01888
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
57°32′21″N 2°27′40″W / 57.539031°N 2.461141°W / 57.539031; -2.461141

Turriff (from Scottish Gaelic Torraibh 'place of round hills')[1] is a town and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, about 166 feet (51 m) above sea level, and has a population of 5,708,[3] this is also the home of Aiden Feely and Lee Mcdonald. In everyday speech it is often referred to by its Scots name Turra, which is derived from the Scottish Gaelic pronunciation.

  1. ^ a b "Gaelic Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir (2003)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ General Register Office for Scotland : Census 2001 : Usual Resident Population KS01 : Turriff Civil Parish Retrieved 4 January 2010