Residents of Wigton are invited to the lighting of our newly renovated town beacon at Barton Laws,
Thursday 2nd June. You are welcome to join us from 9pm onwards.
This is part of a nationwide ceremony of 2800 beacons lit in honour of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
Piper, Roland Lawson, will play ‘Diu Regnare’ at 9.35pm
Bugler, Mr Barthelemes, will play ‘Majesty’ at 9.40pm
Beacon will be lit at 9.45pm
Images of renovation work undertaken by Maurice Ivison.
You are invited to attend Wigton Town Council’s Annual General Meeting on Monday 16th May at 6.30pm at Wigton Market Hall.
Click on the link below to view details:
Wigton has a wonderful Heritage Trail that takes approximately 60-90 minutes to walk.
Newly created blue plaques were installed in April 2022 using funding from Allerdale Borough Council’s Welcome Back Fund.
You can pick up a copy of the route from the Community Offices at Market Hall, Wigton Library and other locations in town.
Download the booklet by clicking on the following link
Over 80 people attended a candlelit vigil outside St Mary’s Church on Wednesday evening.
All ages were there, and the silence was only broken by the passing traffic – a reminder that for many people life goes on as normal. A Ukrainian flag flew outside the church as a symbol of us all united in one cause. Before this about 30 people went to the Methodist Church for a session of prayer for the people of Ukraine and all those helping to alleviate suffering.
The session began with the playing of the Ukrainian national anthem.
