Biggar
Biggar is a community and former burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located in the Southern Uplands, near the River Clyde, on the A702. The closest towns are Lanark as well as Peebles, and as such Biggar serves a wide backwoods. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 2294 although by the mid-2014 estimate it had actually grown to 2320. The town was when served by the Symington, Biggar as well as Broughton Train, which ran from the Caledonian Train (now the West Shore Main Line) at Symington to join the Peebles Railway at Peebles. The terminal as well as signal box are still standing however housing has been improved the line running west from the station and also the train running eastern from the station is a public walkway to Broughton, part of the Biggar Country Path network. The brand-new Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Museum run by the Biggar Museum Trust opened in 2015 and also the Biggar Gasworks Museum is the only preserved gas works in Scotland. In addition, Biggar has Scotland's only long-term puppet theatre, Biggar Puppet Theatre, which is run by the Purves Puppets household. Biggar was the birthplace of Thomas Gladstones, the grandpa of William Ewart Gladstone. Hugh MacDiarmid invested his later years at Brownsbank, near the town. Ian Hamilton Finlay's home and also garden at Little Sparta neighbors in the Pentland Hills. The fictional Midculter, which includes in Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles novels, is set right here. The community organizes an annual arts celebration, the Biggar Little Celebration. The town has actually typically held a significant bonfire at Hogmanay. In 2007 regional estate representative John Riley, urged a group of Biggar homeowners to introduce the Carbon Neutral Biggar job, with the stated aim of becoming the very first carbon neutral town in Scotland. The launch of the project, covered in both local as well as nationwide media, occurred at the community's annual eco discussion forum in May 2007. The team has actually developed links with the town of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire, which has a similar group pursuing carbon neutral standing for the community. This town has two colleges, one primary, as well as one secondary. The secondary school, Biggar Senior high school, likewise confesses students from surrounding villages as well as towns. Biggar Primary is a tiny school, located on South Back Road, with an existing roll of 238 students. Primary pupils have lunch just offsite in the Biggar Primary Sports Barn. The High School, located on John's Financing as well as beside the key, shares its sports centers with the primary school when the celebration demands it. The annual key Sports Day is held on the High School playing field.