Stirling’s attempt to be crowned the UK City of Culture 2025 cost more than £50,000 overall.
The city launched its bid to claim the highly sought after crown in August last year.
At that time, we told how the city was among 20 places from across the UK to have put in a bid for the competition run by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in collaboration with the devolved administrations.