County flag

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire Flag – a yellow oak tree (lower hoist) and wheatsheaf (upper fly), split by two wavy white descending diagonals, with a central red ox head, all on dark blue
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Flag type
County flag
UK Design Code
UNKG7457
Flag date
1949
Designer
College of Arms
Adoption route
Traditional
Aspect ratio
3:5
Pantone colours
Blue 282WhiteRed 186Yellow 116
Certification
Flag Institute Chief Vexillologist, Graham Bartram

About the flag

The Oxfordshire Flag is a community flag proclaiming the unique identity of this historic English county.

The flag uses a banner of arms of the former Oxfordshire County Council, first granted in 1949.

It consists of a dark blue field, with two broad white wavy diagonal lines representing the river Thames and its tributaries.

In the centre is a red ox head for Oxfordshire.

Upper right is a yellow wheatsheaf and lower left a yellow oak tree, recalling the county’s agriculture and woodland.

Many local bodies have used these arms and several organisations endorsed this registration.

They include: Oxfordshire County Cricket Club, Oxfordshire Riding Club, Oxfordshire Hockey Association and Oxfordshire County Pool.

Others are: Oxfordshire Army Cadet Force, Oxfordshire Home Guard Living History Group, Oxford and District Anglers Association, and Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Union of Golf Clubs.

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