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New Embo flag unveiled

The new Embo flag – a community flag representing this tiny Sutherland village – recently entered the Flag Registry. Its origins date […]

aram13 September 20251 min read
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New Cumbria flag unveiled

The new Cumbria flag – a community flag representing this historic region – has entered the UK Flag Registry. Ben Walker’s winning […]

aram7 September 20251 min read
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New Girvan flag unveiled

A hoisting ceremony on Saturday 2 August unveiled the overwhelming winner of the recent Girvan flag competition. Winter Ingram of Sacred Heart […]

aram20 August 20251 min read
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New flags for Moray and Banffshire

New flags for Moray and Banffshire are in prospect after a design competition opened on 27 February 2023. Communities Vexillologist Philip Tibbetts […]

aram3 March 20231 min read
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Philip Tibbetts joins Scotland’s Lyon Court

Congratulations to Communities Vexillologist Philip Tibbetts on his appointment as an Officer of Arms in Scotland’s Lyon Court. On 1 September Philip […]

aram3 September 20211 min read
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County flags star in Commons debate

The county flags of England, Scotland and Wales starred in the House of Commons on Thursday 22 July. To date 52 historic […]

aram5 August 20211 min read
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Leicestershire Flag unveiled

Congratulations to Leicestershire – the latest and last of the 39 historic English counties to enter the UK Flag Register. The new […]

aram28 July 20211 min read
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World Series of Flags: Penkhull cockerel crows again

The World Series of Flags has its first winner. After a record Twitter vote, Penkhull scooped the British, European and World titles. […]

aram17 September 20201 min read
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Skye Flag unveiled

The unveiling of the first-ever official Skye Flag took place in Portree on Monday 24 August 2020. The winning flag was chosen […]

aram25 August 20201 min read
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Cover drive

The Flag Institute makes the pages of Country Life! As well as its usual property, interior design, gardening and cookery articles, the latest […]

aram10 February 20201 min read
UK Flag Registry News

UK Flag registrations: Herefordshire, Isle of Purbeck, Marden, Wadhurst

Recent months have seen several community flags enter the Flag Institute’s UK Flag Registry. A warm welcome goes to Herefordshire, the Isle […]

aram26 November 20191 min read
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East Lothian and Sutherland Flags unveiled

With 1500 votes counted, the unveiling of the new East Lothian flag took place on 13 December at a reception hosted by […]

aram20 December 20181 min read
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