Coventry named as next UK City of Culture
Coventry will be the next UK City of Culture in 2021, it has been announced.
It beat Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland and Swansea which were in the running for the title - which is credited with attracting major investment to former winners.
We are UK City of Culture 2021!! #ThisisCoventry#CityofCulture2021pic.twitter.com/n4H3zOaFc1
-- Coventry2021 (@Coventry2021) December 7, 2017
The announcement was made in Hull during the BBC's The One Show, as the current UK City of Culture's year-long celebration nears an end.
The competition is held every four years, with Derry-Londonderry named as the first winner in 2013.
