Wigton
Wigton is a market town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it exists just outside the Lake District in the borough of Allerdale. Wigton goes to the centre of the Solway Plain, between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway coast. It is offered by Wigton train station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, as well as the A596 road to Workington. The community of Silloth-on-Solway exists twelve miles to the west, beyond Abbeytown. Wigton today is a thriving market town, with livestock auctions being held regularly at Hopes Auction Company. The main employer is Innovia Films. The town has its very own secondary school, called The Nelson Thomlinson Institution, which is a well-performing detailed with close links to the Innovia factory. In 2004 the community was the initial settlement in the United Kingdom to implement a curfew on teens under the age of 16. It remained in place for two weeks, and also its purpose was to reduce the amount of vandalism in the community centre. It followed every night criminal damage projects, that included wrecked shop fronts, as well as intimidation of senior participants of the community. The curfew drew in national attention, with the local senior high school receiving sees from companies such as Sky News. It had some effect, with less vandalism taking place since.
