Wigton
Wigton is a market community in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it exists just outside the Lake District in the district of Allerdale. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Plain, between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway coastline. It is served by Wigton railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, and also the A596 roadway to Workington. The community of Silloth-on-Solway lies twelve miles to the west, beyond Abbeytown. Wigton today is a growing market community, with animals public auctions being held routinely at Hopes Auction Company. The major company is Innovia Films. The community has its own senior high school, called The Nelson Thomlinson Institution, which is a well-performing detailed with close links to the Innovia manufacturing facility. In 2004 the community was the initial settlement in the United Kingdom to implement a curfew on teenagers under the age of 16. It remained in location for 2 weeks, and its aim was to reduce the quantity of vandalism in the community centre. It complied with every night vandalism projects, which included wrecked shop fronts, as well as intimidation of senior members of the neighborhood. The curfew drew in national interest, with the regional secondary school getting brows through from firms such as Sky News. It had some effect, with much less criminal damage taking place since.
