The final list of contenders for city status to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee has been revealed with some striking entries.
The contest to mark the 70th anniversary of Elizabeth II’s reign is open to British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies for the first and Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands and the Cayman Islands all have areas hoping to win the coveted prize.
The most entries come from England, with 22 applications, following by Scotland where 8 areas have put in for the status. There are 3 entries from Northern Ireland, 2 from the Isle of Man and one from Wales. A final decision will be taken in Spring 2022. An expert panel and ministers will consider the applications before The Queen gives her assent to a final decision.
The full list of contenders is:
Alcester, Warwickshire
Ballymena, County Antrim
Bangor, County Down
Blackburn, Lancashire
Bolsover, Derbyshire
Boston, Lincolnshire
Bournemouth, Dorset
Coleraine, County Londonderry
Colchester, Essex
Crawley, West Sussex
Crewe, Cheshire
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Dorchester, Dorset
Douglas, Isle of Man
Dudley, West Midlands
Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway
Dunfermline, Fife
Elgin, Moray
George Town, Cayman Islands
Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Goole, East Yorkshire
Greenock, Renfrewshire
Guildford, Surrey
Livingston, West Lothian
Marazion, Cornwall
Medway, Kent
Middlesborough, North Yorkshire
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Newport and Carisbrooke, Hampshire
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Oban, Argyll and Bute
Reading, Berkshire
Peel, Isle of Man
St Andrews, Fife
Stanley, Falkland Islands
South Ayrshire, Ayrshire and Arran
Warrington, Cheshire
Warwick, Warwickshire
Wrexham, Clwyd