Biggar
Biggar is a town 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 communities are Lanark as well as Peebles, and as such Biggar offers a wide backwoods. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 2294 although by the mid-2014 quote it had actually expanded to 2320. The town was once served by the Symington, Biggar and also Broughton Railway, which ranged from the Caledonian Railway (currently the West Coast Main Line) at Symington to sign up with the Peebles Train 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 as well as the train running eastern from the station is a public footpath to Broughton, part of the Biggar Country Path network. The 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 preserved gas works in Scotland. In addition, Biggar has Scotland's only irreversible puppet theatre, Biggar Puppet Theatre, which is run by the Purves Puppets family members. 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 house and also yard at Little Sparta is nearby in the Pentland Hills. The imaginary Midculter, which includes in Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles stories, is established below. The community organizes a yearly arts festival, the Biggar Little Celebration. The community has traditionally held a massive bonfire at Hogmanay. In 2007 neighborhood estate representative John Riley, urged a group of Biggar locals to introduce the Carbon Neutral Biggar job, with the stated aim of becoming the initial carbon neutral town in Scotland. The launch of the job, covered in both neighborhood as well as nationwide media, occurred at the community's annual eco online forum in May 2007. The group has actually formed links with the community of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire, which has a comparable team pursuing carbon neutral standing for the town. This community has 2 schools, one key, as well as one secondary. The secondary school, Biggar Secondary school, likewise admits pupils from surrounding villages and also towns. Biggar Primary is a tiny school, situated on South Back Road, with a current roll of 238 students. Key students have lunch simply offsite in the Biggar Primary Sports Barn. The Senior high school, situated on John's Financing as well as beside the key, shares its sports facilities with the primary school when the celebration demands it. The yearly key Sports Day is held on the High School playing area.
