Biggar Attractions

In 1812 after the London Gas Light and Coke Company - the world's first gas company - was entrusted with the task of supplying gas lights to streets and private houses, gas works enjoyed a period of rapid growth. By 1839 even a rural community such as Biggar had its own gas works.

When it finally closed in 1973 it was converted into a museum, the only preserved coal-gas works in Scotland.

Gladstone Court Museum in a Victorian covered lane north of High Street shows clearly how the iron mongers, photographers, tailors, cobblers and other skilled tradesmen of the town used to live.

The Albion building behind the Gladstone Court Museum houses the Albion Archive. The company started manufacturing cars in 1899 and developed quickly into one of Britain's leading producers of goods vehicles (now part of Leyland Daf).

Discover Carmichael is Scotland's only wax museum. Displays feature carvings of the Carmichael Chiefs.

Greenhill farmhouse originally stood near Wiston on Tinto Hill but was faithfully rebuilt here. On display are documents and furniture belonging to the Covenanters from the second half of the 17th century.

The Heritage Centre in Moat Park was opened in 1988 and documents 6,000 years of history between the Tweed and Clyde valley, including a geological collection, models showing earlier types of settlement and a section on local fauna and flora.

The miniature Victorian theater regularly stages puppet plays and can accommodate 100 spectators.

The theater is set in beautiful countryside.