Purves Puppet Theatre

Purves Puppet Theatre is a theater building in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Purves Puppet Theatre is situated nearby to Biggar Bowling Club, as well as near Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kello Hospital and Biggar Corn Exchange.

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 1,300 feet southwest of Purves Puppet Theatre.

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 1,400 feet west of Purves Puppet Theatre.

Biggar Gasworks Museum

Museum

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Biggar Gasworks Museum is situated 2,700 feet west of Purves Puppet Theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Biggar and Skirling.

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.

Skirling

Village

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Skirling is a parish, community council area and village in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders situated 2+1⁄2 miles east of Biggar in Lanarkshire. Biggar Water, a tributary the River Tweed forms the southern boundary of the parish with the parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho. Skirling is situated 2 miles northeast of Purves Puppet Theatre.

Coulter

Village

Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coulter or Culter is a small village and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies approximately 3 miles south of Biggar. Some old maps and local modern houses also have the spelling Cootyre - "a safe place for cows." Nearby are two notable Scottish hills, Tinto and Culter Fell. Coulter is situated 3 miles southwest of Purves Puppet Theatre.

Purves Puppet Theatre

Type: Theater building
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.62428° or 55° 37′ 27″ north

Longitude

-3.51478° or 3° 30′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C7RJFFP+P3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4342519084

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=theatre

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