The UK Flag Registry is the only definitive record of the UK’s flags – local and community, national, and supranational.
- View the flags: National | Supranational | County, Region, Island | City, Town, Village
Local and community flags represent places of all kinds – from historic counties and regions, to islands, cities, towns, villages, parishes, neighbourhoods and more.
They must be free for anyone to own and use and can enter the Registry by:
- an open design competition and public vote OR
- a formal written application from a representative local group or a local authority
- explaining the symbolism of the proposed design
- giving clear evidence of provenance and the extent and history of local use
They must comply with basic graphical standards and may be an original design or a traditional pattern, for example:
- a traditional flag, e.g. the St Piran’s Cross of Cornwall
- a historic banner of civic arms, e.g. Cheshire, or a flag displaying an element thereof, e.g. Buckinghamshire
- a current banner of civic arms*, e.g. Hertfordshire, Northumberland
- *only if granted formal release for free public use
Flags subject to copyright are ineligible.
In keeping with our charitable status and democratic principles, the Flag Institute offers this service entirely free of charge.
Free help and advice
- To run a design competition and public vote
- To enter a flag in the UK Flag Registry
- To report an unlisted flag in common use
Contact , Communities Vexillologist OR , Chief Vexillologist
Buy a registered flag
To buy any flag in the UK Flag Registry, please contact a Flag Institute Registered British Flagmaker OR Trade Member.
