Wigton is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, the town lies just outside the Lake District in the borough of Allerdale. Wigton is the central town of the Solway Plain, situated 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 and (via the A595 road) to Carlisle. The town of Silloth-on-Solway lies twelve miles to the west, beyond Abbeytown, along the B5302 road.