History Runs Deep in Biggar, South Lanarkshire

Biggar is a market town in South Lanarkshire, which isThere is the Moat Park Heritage Centre, Greenhill
in Scotland. At 200m above sea level, it is near thecovenanters Museum, Gladstone Court Museum and
River Clyde. It is a pretty rural area with only aboutthe Biggar Gasworks Museum. The last is the only
two thousand residents. Just because it is rural,gas works still preserved in Scotland today. It made
though, don't think it is boring with nothing to do.gas from coal from 1836 to 1973. The Biggar
That couldn't be more farther from the truth.Museum Trust takes care of the museums.
Its history runs deeps with the Symington, BiggarSome famous people that have lived in Biggar are
and Broughton Railway. It ran from 1860 to 1953.Hugh MacDiarmid and Ian Hamilton Finlay. Dorothy
The signal box and station are actually still there butDunnetts books are set in Biggar. The town is
the line has been built over. There are now housesbeautifully described in her novels. It is quite a popular
on top of the old rail line.town for such a low population.
To document its past, Biggar has a few museums.