Wigton
Wigton is a market community in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies just outside the Lake District in the borough of Allerdale. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Plain, between the Caldbeck Fells as well as the Solway coast. It is served by Wigton train station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, as well as the A596 road to Workington. The town of Silloth-on-Solway lies twelve miles to the west, beyond Abbeytown. Wigton today is a thriving market town, with animals public auctions being held consistently at Hopes Auction Company. The main company is Innovia Films. The community has its very own high school, called The Nelson Thomlinson Institution, which is a well-performing comprehensive with close links to the Innovia factory. In 2004 the town was the very first settlement in the UK to implement a time limit on young adults under the age of 16. It was in place for two weeks, as well as its purpose was to lower the amount of vandalism in the community centre. It followed nightly criminal damage campaigns, which included wrecked shop fronts, in addition to scare tactics of senior participants of the neighborhood. The time limit attracted nationwide focus, with the neighborhood secondary school obtaining gos to from firms such as Sky News. It had some impact, with less vandalism happening ever since.
