Biggar Gasworks

A look back in time to how gas was delivered to industry and homes before the natural gas from the North Sea.

My wife and I visited the Biggar Gasworks on Saturday afternoon, and dragged two of our nephews along. It was fascinating - took me right back to school chemistry lessons in the late 60's. Marvellou...

Small museum in Biggar telling the story of bringing gas heat and light to the town

We've been past a few times but were finally able to call on one of the days they steam the boiler to work some machinery. It's a small gasworks built to supply just the town, and it tells the story o...

An insight to a formerly common utility

An exellent insight into what was once a ubitquitous way of producing gas. Well worth a visit if you're in Biggar. Hopefully it will be open again soon, although unlikely to be before spring 2022 now...

Watch out for the Dead End

We tried to visit the gas works museum by following the road sign. This led immediately into an unmarked, dangerous water-course, a dead end completely unmarked apart from the sign for the museum. We ...

A Fascinating and Rewarding Visit

This was a journey into the past to learn how inventive and capable our Victorian forebears were in making use of the country's natural coal resources to produce gaslight for our homes and streets and...