Biggar Gasworks Museum

Biggar Gasworks Museum is preserved as a lasting reminder of an industry that provided so much benefit to all the country’s citizens.

About Biggar Gasworks Museum

	Biggar Gasworks Museum Gas Works Road, Biggar ML12 6BZ
	01899221070
	Biggar Gasworks Museum Website

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Enter what was one of the first small-town gasworks to open in Scotland – and among the last to close. For more than 130 years, the industrial plant made coal gas for use in the town and beyond.

Almost all of the gasworks buildings and equipment remain. You can even see some of the steam-driven machines used for gas production and distribution in action.

Biggar Gasworks passed into state care soon after its doors shut. Today, it’s a lasting reminder of an industry that benefited all of Scotland’s citizens, and the only preserved gasworks left in the country.

Image Credit: Historic Environment Scotland

Upcoming Events at Biggar Gasworks Museum

Biggar Gasworks Steam Days

16th September 2019

Biggar Gasworks Steam Days offer the public the chance to see the boiler operating and driving various steam driven machines!

Biggar Gasworks Steam Days

23rd September 2019

Biggar Gasworks Steam Days offer the public the chance to see the boiler operating and driving various steam driven machines!

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