Wigton
Wigton is a market town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies just outside the Lake District in the district of Allerdale. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Level, between the Caldbeck Fells as well as the Solway coastline. It is served by Wigton railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, and the A596 road to Workington. The community of Silloth-on-Solway exists twelve miles to the west, past Abbeytown. Wigton today is a prospering market community, with animals auctions being held regularly at Hopes Auction Company. The main employer is Innovia Films. The community has its own senior high school, called The Nelson Thomlinson College, which is a well-performing comprehensive with close links to the Innovia manufacturing facility. In 2004 the town was the initial settlement in the United Kingdom to enforce a time limit on teenagers under the age of 16. It remained in place for 2 weeks, and also its purpose was to reduce the amount of vandalism in the community centre. It followed nightly criminal damage projects, which included shattered shop fronts, in addition to intimidation of senior members of the area. The curfew brought in national interest, with the local secondary school getting gos to from agencies such as Sky News. It had some result, with much less criminal damage occurring ever since.
