This article is about the winning fourth designation of UK City of Culture. For an overview of the programme, see UK City of Culture. For the 2025 bidding process, see UK City of Culture 2025 bids.
Bradford UK City of Culture 2025
Logo of Bradford's bid
Date
Starts in 2025 for 12 months [a]
Location
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Type
UK City of Culture
Theme
Cultural
Organised by
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Predecessor
Coventry UK City of Culture 2021
Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 is a designation given to Bradford, England, between 2025 and 2029 by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The designation means that Bradford gains access to funding to improve its infrastructure and arts facilities, and will host a series of events celebrating local culture starting in 2025 for twelve months. Bradford won the designation on 31 May 2022,[1] winning over bids from County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham County Borough[2][3][4] to become the fourth UK City of Culture since the programme began in 2013, following Derry~Londonderry[b], Hull, and Coventry, as well as the second in Yorkshire. The 2025 bidding contest was launched on 29 May 2021, and was the first contest since 2013 open to local areas in the United Kingdom receiving twenty bids by July 2021.
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