Wigton is a market community in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies just outside the Lake District in the borough of Allerdale. Wigton goes to the centre of the Solway Level, between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway coast. It is served by Wigton train station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, and also the A596 road to Workington. The town of Silloth-on-Solway lies twelve miles to the west, beyond Abbeytown. Wigton today is a prospering market town, with livestock public auctions being held on a regular basis at Hopes Auction Company. The main company is Innovia Films. The community has its very own secondary school, called The Nelson Thomlinson Institution, which is a well-performing comprehensive with close links to the Innovia manufacturing facility. In 2004 the community was the first settlement in the UK to impose a time limit on teens under the age of 16. It remained in location for two weeks, as well as its aim was to decrease the quantity of criminal damage in the town centre. It complied with every night criminal damage projects, that included shattered shop fronts, in addition to intimidation of elderly participants of the community. The curfew brought in nationwide attention, with the local senior high school obtaining gos to from agencies such as Sky News. It had some effect, with less criminal damage taking place since.