Biggar is a town and also previous burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is positioned in the Southern Uplands, near the River Clyde, on the A702. The closest communities are Lanark and Peebles, and also therefore Biggar offers a broad backwoods. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 2294 although by the mid-2014 estimate it had actually expanded to 2320. The community was as soon as offered by the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Train, which ran from the Caledonian Train (currently the West Coast Main Line) at Symington to join the Peebles Railway at Peebles. The terminal and signal box are still standing but real estate has been improved the line running west from the station and also the railway running east from the station is a public walkway 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 and also the Biggar Gasworks Museum is the only maintained gas works in Scotland. Additionally, Biggar has Scotland's only long-term puppet theatre, Biggar Puppet Theatre, which is run by the Purves Puppets household. Biggar was the native home of Thomas Gladstones, the grandpa of William Ewart Gladstone. Hugh MacDiarmid invested his later years at Brownsbank, near the community. Ian Hamilton Finlay's residence and garden at Little Sparta neighbors in the Pentland Hills. The imaginary Midculter, which features in Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles stories, is established here. The town organizes a yearly arts celebration, the Biggar Little Event. The town has commonly held a big bonfire at Hogmanay. In 2007 neighborhood estate agent John Riley, urged a group of Biggar homeowners to introduce the Carbon Neutral Biggar task, with the stated goal of coming to be the first carbon neutral community in Scotland. The launch of the job, covered in both regional and nationwide media, happened at the community's yearly eco discussion forum in May 2007. The group has actually created links with the community of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire, which has a similar team pursuing carbon neutral condition for the town. This town has two schools, one key, and one secondary. The high school, Biggar Senior high school, also admits pupils from bordering towns and towns. Biggar Primary is a small school, situated on South Country road, with a present roll of 238 students. Main students have lunch simply offsite in the Biggar Main Sports Barn. The High School, located on John's Loan as well as adjacent to the main, shares its sporting activities facilities with the primary school when the celebration requires it. The annual main Sports Day is hung on the Senior high school playing field.