Facilities
Offices of the Highland Council are located in the town, as is the main campus of North Highland College, formerly Thurso College. This is one of several partner colleges which constitute the University of the Highlands & Islands, and offers several certificate, diploma and degree courses from subjects as diverse as Nuclear Decommissioning, Hairdressing, Gamekeeping and Golf Management. Next door to the UHI is Thurso High School, the most northerly secondary school on the British mainland. The town also has three primary schools, Pennyland, Miller Academy and Mount Pleasant.
Thurso boasts a small museum, several hotels and bars, a surf shop/cafe stocking famous brands such as Animal, and a large skatepark. There is also a sizeable British Telecom call centre and a plant making special lithium-ion batteries for the MOD on the west side of the town, which along with the Dounreay Nuclear power plant, provide a high level of employment in Caithness. The Co-operative, Tesco and Lidl have supermarkets in Thurso. There are car dealerships for Ford, Nissan and Citroen
Thurso is a major area for surfing, and has a regular surfing championships leg on the UK Tour.
Thurso also has a music shop which sells music accessories, gifts, instruments & offers tuition in accordion, guitar & keyboard.
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