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Wigton is a market town in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies just outside the Lake District. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Plain, between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway coast. It is served by Wigton railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, and the A596 road to Workington. The town of Silloth-on-Solway lies 12 miles (19 km) to the west, beyond Abbeytown.
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The Nelson Thomlinson School
The Nelson Thomlinson School is an 11–18 comprehensive coeducational secondary school with a sixth form in the market town of Wigton, Cumbria, England. The school's motto is the Latin phrase Fide et Operis, which translates to English as "Faith and Works". David Northwood has been headteacher since 2011. In May 2023, the school had 1,192 pupils, of whom 182 were in the sixth form.
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Wigton Rural District
Wigton was a rural district in Cumberland, England from 1894 to 1974.
It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 based on Wigton rural sanitary district. Wigton was originally an urban district but became a civil parish in the Wigton RD in 1934.
It was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974 and has since formed part of the Allerdale district of Cumbria.
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Wigton railway station
Wigton railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Wigton in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
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Brackenlands
Brackenlands is an area of Wigton in Cumbria, England.
Urban planner Thomas Adams laid out a co-partnership estate at Brackenlands for lawyer J. S. Barkett around 1909.