Little Sparta
Little Sparta is a sculpture garden. Its location is 11 km north of Biggar. It is on the official list as an Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape.
Garden near Biggar
Near Biggar
Little Sparta is 11 km north of Biggar. Towns near it ↓
Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape
On the official list of protected heritage; Biggar has 100 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
In Biggar, July and August are the warmest, at 18–19°C in the afternoon.
Little Sparta
Running it is Little Sparta Trust. Wikipedia covers it in 5 languages. A short trip away is Drochil Castle, 12 km off, the first of 5 within 15 km.
- Type
- Garden
- Run by
- Little Sparta Trust
- Listed
- Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- 11 km north of Biggar
Getting to Little Sparta
The map puts Little Sparta in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Bases near Little Sparta
Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.
Biggar
Combine it with these
Also close at hand are 3 castles and 2 museums, among 5 within 15 km.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCoulter Motte13 km away3
CastleBoghall Castle12 km away4
MuseumBiggar Gasworks Museum11 km away5MuseumMuseumBiggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Little Sparta
Where is Little Sparta?
Little Sparta is 11 km north of Biggar, South Lanarkshire.
What is Little Sparta?
Sculpture garden in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
Who runs Little Sparta?
Little Sparta Trust.
When is the best time to visit Little Sparta?
July and August are the warmest months in Biggar, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Little Sparta a listed building?
Yes: Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape.
What else is there to see near Little Sparta?
Within 15 km: Drochil Castle (12 km), Coulter Motte (13 km), Boghall Castle (12 km) and Biggar Gasworks Museum (11 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Coulter Motte: Colin Inverarity, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Boghall Castle: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Biggar Gasworks Museum: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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