06 Aug
Tarmac paving and driveways
Lanark - ML11
Enquiry from: Amanda B
Start Date: Immediate
Biggar
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 also Peebles, and also because of this Biggar serves a vast rural area. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 2294 although by the mid-2014 quote it had actually expanded to 2320. The community was as soon as offered by the Symington, Biggar and also Broughton Train, which ranged from the Caledonian Train (now the West Shore Main Line) at Symington to sign up with the Peebles Railway at Peebles. The station and signal box are still standing yet housing has been built on the line running west from the station and 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 in 2015 as well as the Biggar Gasworks Museum is the only preserved gas operates in Scotland. In addition, Biggar has Scotland's only irreversible puppet 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 is nearby in the Pentland Hills. The fictional Midculter, which features in Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles stories, is set right here. The community holds a yearly arts event, the Biggar Little Event. The town has actually traditionally held a huge bonfire at Hogmanay. In 2007 regional estate agent John Riley, motivated a team of Biggar citizens to release the Carbon Neutral Biggar job, with the mentioned objective of coming to be the initial carbon neutral community in Scotland. The launch of the task, covered in both neighborhood and national media, took place at the community's yearly eco 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 status for the community. This community has 2 schools, one key, and also one additional. The secondary school, Biggar Senior high school, also confesses pupils from surrounding towns and also villages. Biggar Primary is a small school, situated on South Alleyway, with an existing roll of 238 students. Key students have lunch simply offsite in the Biggar Main Sports Barn. The Senior high school, situated on John's Financing and also adjacent to the main, shares its sporting activities centers with the primary school when the occasion requires it. The yearly main Sports Day is hung on the High School playing area.
