Biggar is a town and also previous burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is situated in the Southern Uplands, near the River Clyde, on the A702. The closest towns are Lanark as well as Peebles, and also therefore Biggar serves a large rural area. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 2294 although by the mid-2014 price quote it had expanded to 2320. The town was when offered by the Symington, Biggar as well as Broughton Railway, which ran from the Caledonian Train (currently the West Shore Main Line) at Symington to join the Peebles Train at Peebles. The terminal and signal box are still standing but housing has actually been improved the line running west from the station and the train 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 in 2015 and also the Biggar Gasworks Museum is the only managed gas operates in Scotland. Additionally, 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 residence and also garden at Little Sparta neighbors in the Pentland Hills. The imaginary Midculter, which includes in Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles books, is set below. The town hosts a yearly arts festival, the Biggar Little Celebration. The town has actually generally held a big bonfire at Hogmanay. In 2007 regional estate agent John Riley, encouraged a team of Biggar locals to introduce the Carbon Neutral Biggar job, with the stated aim of ending up being the first carbon neutral community in Scotland. The launch of the project, covered in both neighborhood and also nationwide media, took place at the town's annual eco online forum in May 2007. The team has actually created relate to the town of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire, which has a comparable team pursuing carbon neutral standing for the town. This town has two colleges, one key, and also one additional. The high school, Biggar Secondary school, likewise admits students from bordering villages as well as villages. Biggar Primary is a small school, situated on South Alleyway, with a present roll of 238 students. Primary pupils have lunch simply offsite in the Biggar Main Sports Barn. The Senior high school, situated on John's Loan as well as adjacent to the key, shares its sports centers with the primary school when the event demands it. The annual key Sports Day is held on the High School playing field.