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Wigton
Wigton is a market town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies simply outside the Lake District in the borough of Allerdale. Wigton goes to the centre of the Solway Plain, in between the Caldbeck Fells and also the Solway coast. It is served by Wigton train station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, as well as the A596 road to Workington. The town of Silloth-on-Solway exists twelve miles to the west, beyond Abbeytown. Wigton today is a flourishing market community, with livestock public auctions being held frequently at Hopes Auction Company. The major company is Innovia Films. The town has its very own high school, called The Nelson Thomlinson School, which is a well-performing comprehensive with close links to the Innovia manufacturing facility. In 2004 the town was the very first settlement in the United Kingdom to impose a time limit on teenagers under the age of 16. It remained in location for 2 weeks, and also its purpose was to decrease the amount of criminal damage in the community centre. It complied with nighttime vandalism projects, that included smashed store fronts, in addition to intimidation of senior participants of the neighborhood. The time limit drew in national attention, with the regional secondary school receiving gos to from agencies such as Sky News. It had some result, with much less vandalism taking place ever since.