We maintain a special focus on flags and flag flying in the UK, from the Union Flag and its complex history to the latest community flag.
National flags
- Union Jack or Union Flag?: an authoritative view
- the Union Flag: a short history
- the Union Flag: a detailed specification
Flag protocol
- Flying Flags in the United Kingdom
- authoritative, fully illustated guide to the rules of flag flying in the UK
- online browse or search | free view or download in PDF format
Local and Community Flags
- Guidance on adopting or designing new local and community flags for registration in the UK Flag Registry
Flag flying days (UK)
- an updated list of all official and customary flag flying days in 2025
UK Flag Registry
- UK Flag Registry: maintained and managed by the Flag Institute as the only definitive record of the national, supranational, local and community flags flown in the UK and the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories
Register of British Flagmakers
- Register of British Flagmakers: premium trade membership identifying flagmakers that manufacture in the UK
