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CWEIC Strategic Partner The Southampton UK City of Culture bid team are excited to announce that they have secured a place as one of the final four shortlisted locations to become UK City of Culture 2025.

The final locations competing for the title to become UK City of Culture 2025 are:
• Bradford
• County Durham
• Southampton
• Wrexham County Borough

Claire Whitaker OBE, Bid Director, UK City of Culture 2025 said: “We owe a huge debt of gratitude to so many people for the achievement of winning a place on this shortlist. Three years of sustained work and thousands of people supporting us – not just in the communities of Southampton but across the wider Solent region. The bid has brought the city together, embracing the world of creators, children and young people, artists, academics, businesses and civic leaders. This is a moment of celebration for all of us.”