For the most recent holder of the title, see Coventry UK City of Culture 2021. For the next holder, see Bradford UK City of Culture 2025.
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UK City of Culture is a designation given to a city (or a local area from 2025) in the United Kingdom for a period of one calendar year, during which the successful bidder hosts cultural festivities through culture-led regeneration for the year. The UK-wide programme, which is administered by the UK Government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in collaboration with the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, is to "build on the success of Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture 2008, which had significant social and economic benefits for the area".[1] Bids solely in Greater London are excluded from the competition, although boroughs and places in the UK capital may submit a joint bid with a city or place outside of Greater London.[2]
The designation is awarded to cities every four years, through a competition, with the inaugural holder of the title being Derry in 2013. Kingston upon Hull was the second holder of the title in 2017, and on 7 December 2017 it was declared that Coventry was designated with the title for 2021. The bidding process for the 2025 title was conducted between 2021 and 2022, with Bradford announced as the winner on 31 May 2022.[3] The 2025 title was the first to be open to local areas across the UK.
Derry~Londonderry (2013)
Hull (2017)
Coventry (2021)
Bradford (2025)
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Locations of UK Cities of Culture.
Green designates the current holder of the title, red for past holders, and blue for the upcoming holder.
^"Derry/Londonderry will be UK City of Culture 2013". Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
^"UK CITY OF CULTURE 2021 Guidance for bidding cities" (PDF). Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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