Biggar, South Lanarkshire

Biggar
Scottish Gaelic: *Bigear*
Biggar Scottish Gaelic: Bigear;
	Biggar Corn Exchange
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Population	2,640 (mid-2020 est.)
OS grid reference	NT045375
• Edinburgh	26 mi (42 km)
• London	317 mi (510 km)
Civil parish	Biggar;
Council area	South Lanarkshire;
Lieutenancy area	Lanarkshire;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BIGGAR
Postcode district	ML12
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale;
Scottish Parliament	Clydesdale;

Biggar (Scottish Gaelic: Bigear [ˈpikʲəɾ]) is a town, parish and former burgh in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the Southern Uplands near the River Clyde on the A702. The closest neighbouring towns are Lanark, Peebles and Carluke.

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