Biggar Water is a river in Lanarkshire and Peeblesshire, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.

Biggar Water
Confluence of the Biggar Water and Tweed
Biggar Water is located in Scotland
Biggar Water
Location
CountryScotland, United Kingdom
Council areaSouth Lanarkshire
OS grid referenceNT045375
Physical characteristics
MouthConfluence with the River Tweed
 • coordinates
55°36′11″N 3°22′38″W / 55.603074°N 3.377176°W / 55.603074; -3.377176

It forms part of the River Tweed system. It rises, as Biggar Burn, in the north-east of the parish of Biggar, South Lanarkshire and flows about 6+34 miles (10.9 km) generally south-westerly toward the town of Biggar, where it becomes Biggar Water. It then flows about 5 miles (8.0 km) eastwards before its confluence with the Tweed 34 mile (1.2 km) mile north-east of Drumelzier in Peeblesshire.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by Francis Groome, 2nd edition 1896; article on Skirling