Wrexham long-listed for UK City of Culture 2029

WINNER GETS £10M TO CREATE 'TRANSFORMATIONS'

- By RUTH MOSALSKI

Wrexham city centre WREXHAM COUNCIL

WREXHAM has made the list of places which could be named UK City of Culture in 2029.

The city joins Blackpool, Inverness-Highland, Ipswich, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Portsmouth, Sheffield and Swindon on the long list.

The UK Government says winning the title will have enormous benefits for local communities, with previous hosts attracting millions of pounds in additional investment and thousands of visitors to their area, and generating new jobs.

Separately, there have been 230 towns which have had registers of interest made for the UK's first-ever town of culture.