Welcome to Wigton Town Council
Wigton is a historic market town in Cumbria, England, with roots stretching back to the 7th century. Its name originates from Wicga’s tun – with tun being Old English for a homestead or village – thought to reference an Anglo-Saxon leader named Wicga who settled here.
Once part of the old county of Cumberland, Wigton lies just beyond the edge of the Lake District, within the borough Allerdale. Nestled at the heart of the Solway Plain, it is beautifully positioned between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway Coast. The town is well-connected, served by the Wigton railway station on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line, and by the A596 road leading to Workington. Just twelve miles to the west lies the coastal town of Silloth-on-Solway, beyond the village of Abbeytown.
About the Town Council
Wigton Town Council consists of fifteen members, all local people living within three miles of the town’s boundary. It employs a Town Clerk, an Assistant Town Clerk along with a team of five groundsmen.
The Council is responsible for managing and maintaining a range of assets and amenities within Wigton, including Wigton Park, Barton Laws Playing Fields, Throstle Park, four children’s play areas (situated on residential housing estates), allotments and St Mary’s churchyard. As well as the woodland area at Speet Gill and the Millenium Walk, the seating areas on Water Street car park, bus shelters and public seats on various sites within the parish. Additionally, it operates and maintains the public toilets in the centre of town.
It is also responsible, in partnership with the adjoining Woodside and Waverton Parishes, for the operation of Wigton Cemetery.
The Town Council meets monthly and incorporates four committees: Staffing, Policy & Development Committee, Events Committee, Finance Committee, and Parks, Open Spaces & Allotments Committee.
The Council meets at 7pm on the second Wednesday of each month, except for the month of August. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
Recent News
The latest news from Wigton Town Council
⚠️PUBLIC DISABLED TOILET LOCK IS BROKEN ⚠️
Please do not use as there is a chance you may get locked inside. It has been reported as an emergency to a locksmith and will be repaired as soon as possible.
We have placed signs on the toilet door to inform users.
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🚨 Vandalism at the Public Toilets – Please Share 🚨
This is how the disabled toilet was found this morning — three panels kicked out from the inside and a broken lock.
💷 Total cost to repair today: £85 of public money.
At first, we assumed the damage had happened over the weekend. However, shortly after 8am, a local resident emailed us a photo showing one panel missing at that time. By the time we arrived at 8:30am, two more panels had been kicked out, suggesting there were two separate incidents — one over the weekend and another within just 15 minutes arriving this morning.
After repairs were made, we also had to clean up takeaway boxes shoved into the toilet and urinated on, and a full bottle of handwash poured out. The handwash bottles have now been replaced with wall-mounted foam dispensers, as bottles have been stolen five times in the past two weeks. Then there were the footprints all over the walls and toilet seat.
There were a lot of people around between 8:00 and 8:30am, so if anyone witnessed anything, please let Wigton Town Council or Cumbria Police know.
The Nelson Thomlinson School has been informed and asked to remind pupils that this is criminal damage — a crime — and that the repairs are paid for with public money from local residents’ council tax.
📹 Additional CCTV cameras are being installed soon to deter further damage and help identify those responsible.
Thank you to everyone who continues to help us look after Wigton’s public facilities — please share this post so the community is aware.
Both Sophie and I take it in turns to open, close and clean these toilets every day and one of our councillors does this on a Saturday. Since our last cleaning contractor left in April, we have been unable to find an alternative contractor due to the awkward hours so both Sophie and I suggested that we manage and clean the toilets and the reason we do this is to ensure they stay open for you, our residents and visitors. As you will be aware, many other towns and villages have closed their public toilets which is not something Wigton Town Council want to do. So please help us to keep the toilets open by respecting them and reporting any issues.
With thanks
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📆Wigton Christmas Light Switch On📆
It is nearly that time of year again! 🎄
We will be posting our official poster very soon as we still have a few things to confirm.
BUT... The event is on Saturday 29th November. There will be food, drinks and gift stalls open from 12pm but the main event will start at 3pm. 🍔🌭🍭🍿🥂🍸 Lights will be switched on at 5pm.
‼️Keep your eyes out for our official poster which will highlight all our activities and acts, it will be posted soon ‼️
Look out for a few surprises along the way, we are doing things a little different this year with different activities and acts that may have been on TV!.🎡
As always though, TAYLOR'S FUNFAIR will be on Water Street Car Park, can you believe they have been travelling to Wigton for this event for 33 years! They must really like us to keep coming back! 😁 🎠
You can also visit Santa's Grotto on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th November in the Market Hall.
SAVE THE DATE - SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 😍 ... See MoreSee Less
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