Biggar is a community as well as former burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is situated in the Southern Uplands, near the River Clyde, on the A702. The closest towns are Lanark and also Peebles, and thus Biggar offers a large rural area. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 2294 although by the mid-2014 price quote it had actually grown to 2320. The community was once served by the Symington, Biggar as well as Broughton Train, which ranged from the Caledonian Train (now the West Coastline Main Line) at Symington to join the Peebles Train at Peebles. The terminal as well as signal box are still standing but housing has actually been improved the line running west from the station as well as the railway 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 up in 2015 as well as the Biggar Gasworks Museum is the only maintained gas operates 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 birthplace of Thomas Gladstones, the grandpa of William Ewart Gladstone. Hugh MacDiarmid spent his later years at Brownsbank, near the community. Ian Hamilton Finlay's house as well as garden at Little Sparta is nearby in the Pentland Hills. The imaginary Midculter, which features in Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles novels, is established here. The town hosts an annual arts celebration, the Biggar Little Festival. The community has actually traditionally held a substantial bonfire at Hogmanay. In 2007 regional estate representative John Riley, encouraged a group of Biggar homeowners to release the Carbon Neutral Biggar job, with the specified aim of becoming the initial carbon neutral town in Scotland. The launch of the project, covered in both neighborhood and also national media, occurred at the town's yearly eco discussion forum in May 2007. The team has created relate to the community of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire, which has a similar team pursuing carbon neutral condition for the community. This town has two schools, one primary, and one additional. The high school, Biggar Secondary school, likewise admits pupils from bordering villages and villages. Biggar Primary is a little school, situated on South Back Road, with a present roll of 238 pupils. Key students have lunch simply offsite in the Biggar Main Sports Barn. The Secondary school, located on John's Financing and also beside the main, shares its sports centers with the primary school when the event requires it. The annual main Sports Day is held on the Secondary school playing area.
