Wigton
Wigton is a market community in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it exists simply outside the Lake District in the borough of Allerdale. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Plain, in between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway shore. It is served by Wigton train station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, and the A596 roadway to Workington. The town of Silloth-on-Solway exists twelve miles to the west, past Abbeytown. Wigton today is a thriving market community, with animals public auctions being held consistently at Hopes Auction Company. The primary employer is Innovia Films. The community has its very own secondary school, called The Nelson Thomlinson School, which is a well-performing detailed with close links to the Innovia manufacturing facility. In 2004 the town was the first settlement in the United Kingdom to apply a time limit on young adults under the age of 16. It was in place for 2 weeks, and its objective was to decrease the amount of criminal damage in the community centre. It followed nightly criminal damage campaigns, which included shattered shop fronts, as well as intimidation of elderly participants of the community. The time limit brought in nationwide attention, with the neighborhood senior high school getting brows through from firms such as Sky News. It had some impact, with much less criminal damage occurring since.
