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Biggar

Biggar is an old market town in which the main streets are still lined with dated shops.

The town has a number of museums to its claims:

  • Moat Park Heritage Centre is where you will find out about the history of the town including Brownsbank Cottage, the former home of poet Hugh McDiarmid and his wife. Also in the centre you can see table covers made by local tailor Menzies Moffat and a collection of four thousand thimbles.

  • Gladstone Court Museum has a recreated street of Victorian shops including a bank, cobblers and a telephone exchange.

  • Albion Museum has a collection of old vehicles from local firm Albion Motors.

  • Greenhill Covenanters Museum gives details of the Covenanters religious movements.

  • Biggar Gasworks Museum has the appearance of a Lilliputian power station, built in 1939 this is the only coal based gas works still standing.

  • The Puppet Museum, which stands near the country park, has marionettes from around the world.

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