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Where is Biggar?

Biggar is located in the county of Lanarkshire, Scotland, ten miles east of the town of Lanark, 32 miles south-east of the major city of Glasgow, 26 miles south-west of Edinburgh, 287 miles north of Cardiff, and 316 miles north-west of London. Biggar lies just west of the Tweeddale border. Biggar falls within the unitary authority of South Lanarkshire. It is in the ML12 postcode district. The post town for Biggar is Biggar.

Biggar on a map

Map showing extent of Biggar as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Biggar
Map showing location of Biggar within the UK
Location of Biggar within the UK

Which county is Biggar in?

Biggar is in the ceremonial county of Lanarkshire, the historic county of Lanarkshire, and the administrative county of South Lanarkshire.

Ceremonial CountyLanarkshire
Historic CountyLanarkshire
Administrative CountySouth Lanarkshire

Where is Biggar in Lanarkshire?

Biggar is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Lanarkshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Lanarkshire.

Map showing location of Biggar within Lanarkshire
Location of Biggar within Lanarkshire

What is the postcode for Biggar?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Biggar is ML12 6AB.

Where is Biggar in ML12?

Biggar is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the ML12 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the ML12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Biggar within ML12
Location of Biggar within ML12

What is the post town for Biggar?

The post town for Biggar is Biggar. Biggar is in the ML12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Biggar.

What is the latitude and longitude of Biggar?

The centre of Biggar is located at position 55.62415° latitude and -3.52411° longitude.

Latitude55.62415°
Longitude-3.52411°

What is the easting and northing of Biggar?

The centre of Biggar is located at the grid reference easting 304124 and northing 637784 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting304124
Northing637784

What are the nearest towns to Biggar?

Position of Biggar relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Biggar to the centre of the town.

east
10m
Biggar is 10 miles east of Lanark
west
13m
Biggar is 13 miles west of Peebles
south-east
15m
Biggar is 15 miles south-east of Carluke
south
18m
Biggar is 18 miles south of Blackburn
south
18m
Biggar is 18 miles south of Whitburn
south
18m
Biggar is 18 miles south of Livingston
west
18m
Biggar is 18 miles west of Innerleithen
south-west
19m
Biggar is 19 miles south-west of Penicuik
south-east
19m
Biggar is 19 miles south-east of Wishaw
south-east
19m
Biggar is 19 miles south-east of Larkhall

What are the nearest cities to Biggar?

Position of Biggar relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Biggar to the centre of the city.

south-west
26m
Biggar is 26 miles south-west of Edinburgh
south
31m
Biggar is 31 miles south of Dunfermline
south-east
32m
Biggar is 32 miles south-east of Glasgow
south-east
38m
Biggar is 38 miles south-east of Stirling
south
53m
Biggar is 53 miles south of Perth
north-west
56m
Biggar is 56 miles north-west of Carlisle
south
62m
Biggar is 62 miles south of Dundee
north-west
88m
Biggar is 88 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
97m
Biggar is 97 miles north-west of Durham
north-west
98m
Biggar is 98 miles north-west of Sunderland

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