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 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 lies twelve miles to the west, beyond Abbeytown. Wigton today is a prospering market community, with animals auctions being held frequently at Hopes Auction Company. The major company is Innovia Films. The town has its 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 negotiation in the United Kingdom to implement a curfew on young adults under the age of 16. It remained in area for two weeks, and its purpose was to reduce the amount of vandalism in the town centre. It complied with every night criminal damage projects, which included smashed shop fronts, in addition to intimidation of senior participants of the neighborhood. The curfew attracted nationwide focus, with the regional high school obtaining visits from firms such as Sky News. It had some impact, with less criminal damage happening ever since.
