Biggar
Biggar is a community as well as previous burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is situated in the Southern Uplands, near the River Clyde, on the A702. The closest communities are Lanark and also Peebles, and also therefore Biggar serves a wide backwoods. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 2294 although by the mid-2014 quote it had expanded to 2320. The community was when offered by the Symington, Biggar as well as Broughton Railway, which ran from the Caledonian Train (now the West Coastline Main Line) at Symington to join the Peebles Railway at Peebles. The station and also signal box are still standing however real estate has actually been improved the line running west from the station and the train running east from the station is a public path 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 managed gas works in Scotland. In addition, Biggar has Scotland's only long-term creature theatre, Biggar Puppet Theatre, which is run by the Purves Puppets household. Biggar was the native home of Thomas Gladstones, the grandfather of William Ewart Gladstone. Hugh MacDiarmid spent his later years at Brownsbank, near the community. Ian Hamilton Finlay's home and yard at Little Sparta neighbors in the Pentland Hills. The imaginary Midculter, which features in Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles books, is set here. The town holds an annual arts celebration, the Biggar Little Event. The community has actually traditionally held a big bonfire at Hogmanay. In 2007 regional estate agent John Riley, motivated a group of Biggar citizens to introduce the Carbon Neutral Biggar job, with the mentioned purpose of coming to be the first carbon neutral community in Scotland. The launch of the task, covered in both regional and also national media, happened at the community's yearly eco forum in May 2007. The team has actually formed relate to the town of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire, which has a similar group pursuing carbon neutral condition for the town. This community has 2 institutions, one main, as well as one second. The secondary school, Biggar High School, additionally admits students from surrounding villages as well as villages. Biggar Primary is a little school, located on South Back Road, with a present roll of 238 pupils. Main students have lunch simply offsite in the Biggar Primary Sports Barn. The High School, located on John's Loan and also beside the main, shares its sporting activities centers with the primary school when the celebration requires it. The annual key Sports Day is held on the High School playing area.