Biggar
Biggar is a community and 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 Peebles, and thus Biggar offers a broad rural area. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 2294 although by the mid-2014 quote it had grown to 2320. The town was once served by the Symington, Biggar and also Broughton Train, which ran from the Caledonian Railway (currently the West Coastline Main Line) at Symington to sign up with the Peebles Railway at Peebles. The station and signal box are still standing yet housing has actually been improved the line running west from the station as well as the train running eastern 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 up in 2015 and also the Biggar Gasworks Museum is the only managed gas operates in Scotland. Furthermore, Biggar has Scotland's only permanent creature theatre, Biggar Puppet Theatre, which is run by the Purves Puppets family. 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 garden at Little Sparta neighbors in the Pentland Hills. The imaginary Midculter, which features in Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles books, is set below. The town holds an annual arts festival, the Biggar Little Celebration. The town has actually typically held a massive bonfire at Hogmanay. In 2007 local estate agent John Riley, motivated a group of Biggar citizens to introduce the Carbon Neutral Biggar task, with the mentioned purpose of ending up being the initial carbon neutral community in Scotland. The launch of the job, covered in both local and also nationwide media, happened at the town's annual eco forum in May 2007. The team has formed links with the town of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire, which has a comparable team working toward carbon neutral condition for the community. This town has 2 colleges, one primary, and also one additional. The senior high school, Biggar High School, likewise confesses students from bordering towns as well as villages. Biggar Primary is a little school, situated on South Country road, with a present roll of 238 students. Main students have lunch simply offsite in the Biggar Key Sports Barn. The High School, located on John's Financing and also adjacent to the main, shares its sports facilities with the primary school when the occasion requires it. The yearly main Sports Day is held on the Secondary school playing area.