Town flag
Caterham (Surrey)
- Flag type
- Town flag
- UK Design Code
- UNKG7537
- Flag date
- 20th November 2016
- Designer
- Jonathan Spencer
- Adoption route
- Popular Vote
- Aspect ratio
- 3:5
- Pantone colours
- WhiteGreen 357Yellow 109
- Certification
- Flag Institute Chief Vexillologist, Graham Bartram
About the flag
The Caterham Flag is a community flag proclaiming the unique identity of this Surrey town.
The flag displays a green-yellow-green band running horizontally across a white field. Its colours represent Caterham Cars, the sports car manufacturer founded in the town in 1957, while its sinuous line evokes racing stripes and Caterham’s hills and valleys. A central circle recalls the number decal of a racing car, as well as the sun. Enclosed within this circle is a stylised representation of Caterham’s iconic cedar tree and its horizontal branches. According to legend this tree arrived in the community from Bethlehem.
