Biggar Common

Biggar Common is a hill in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,273 feet. Biggar Common is situated nearby to the village Quothquan, as well as near the locality West End.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Biggar Gasworks Museum and Kello Hospital.

Biggar Gasworks Museum

Museum

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Biggar Gasworks Museum is situated 1½ miles southeast of Biggar Common.

Kello Hospital

Hospital

Kello Hospital is a health facility in John's Loan, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lanarkshire. Kello Hospital is situated 2 miles southeast of Biggar Common.

Biggar Corn Exchange

Community center

Photo: David Hamilton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Biggar Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the High Street, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The structure, which is now used as a theatre, is a Category B listed building. Biggar Corn Exchange is situated 2 miles southeast of Biggar Common.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quothquan and Biggar.

Quothquan

Village

Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Quothquan is a village in Libberton parish, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is 3+1⁄4 miles northwest of Biggar, and 7+1⁄2 miles southeast of Lanark. To the southwest is the 1,098-foot-high hill Quothquan Law, topped by the remains of a hill fort.

Biggar

Photo: Fox-Talbot, Public domain.

Biggar is a market town historically in Lanarkshire and now within Clydesdale. It's nowadays a commuter town for both Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in 2020 had a population of 2640. Its attractions are a rare combination: a gasworks museum and a puppet theatre.

Covington

Locality

Covington is a village and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies in Clydesdale, four miles west of Biggar and about 40 miles from both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Covington is situated 2½ miles west of Biggar Common.

Biggar Common

Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,273 feet
Also known as: “Temple Hill”
Category: landform
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.63755° or 55° 38′ 15″ north

Longitude

-3.56462° or 3° 33′ 53″ west

Elevation

1,273 feet (388 metres)

Open location code

9C7RJCQP+25

GeoNames ID

12609290

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