Festival Flag Poles & Camping Flag Poles – Telescopic, Hand-Held and Car

Festival flag poles and camping flag poles

A festival flag pole does two jobs: it marks your tent so you can find your way back at 2am, and it lets your group fly a flag above the crowd. The poles on this page are all telescopic or sectional, so they collapse to a carry length, go up without tools and come home in the car. None of them needs digging or concrete.

Telescopic flag pole for the campsite

The telescopic flag pole extends section by section to 3m, 4m, 5m, 6m, 7m, 8m, 9m, 10m or 12m and collapses back down for storage. Push a small stake into the grass for a 3m or 4m pole, or a large stake for 5m and above, and slot the pole on. A 4m to 6m pole with a 5ft x 3ft flag is the usual campsite choice: high enough to be seen across a field of tents, short enough to stay steady. Taller poles are for showgrounds, caravan parks and club pitches. If a section gets bent in transit, a replacement section is available.

Fix the pole with a ground stake only; guy ropes, clamps or tying it to a tent put sideways strain on the pole and can snap it. Fly the flag from the second-to-top section down, attached with cable ties or flag bungees. The thin tip section is for a windsock, which is the classic festival marker: try the rainbow windsock or the St George windsock.

Hand-held flag poles for the crowd

Where you want to carry the flag rather than plant it, the hand-held telescopic flagpole extends to 6ft (1.8m), has a rubber grip and two clips for a 5ft x 3ft or 3ft x 2ft flag, and telescopes down to fit a rucksack. The small hand-held telescopic flagpole extends to 1.2m, weighs about 80g and packs down to under 25cm, so it fits in a pocket. For groups, the 6ft hand-held pole is also stocked for bulk orders.

Many festivals have their own rules on flags and poles, such as maximum heights or no poles in front of the stages, and some ban them altogether. Check the festival’s guidance before you pack.

Car flag poles and stall flags

The car flag pole is a 40cm plastic pole that takes our 18x12in car flags and clips over the window glass, for the convoy to the site. For a market stall, a food van or an event pitch, the 2.8m aluminium and fibreglass flagpole takes our 200 x 55cm advertising flags and stands on the ground spike, which is hammered into firm ground; the carry bag keeps the kit together.

Which flag for a festival pole?

5ft x 3ft (150 x 90cm) is the size for a telescopic pole up to 6m and for the 6ft hand-held pole. Use 3ft x 2ft on a 3m pole or in strong wind, and 8ft x 5ft only on poles of 8m and above. The flagpole buying guide has the full height-by-height table.

For the flag itself: the Union Jack and St George are the festival regulars, a county flag tells everyone where your group is from, and the camping tent flag is self-explanatory. Browse all flags or the celebration flags, and string bunting between two poles for a camp that stands out. Every pole and flag here ships from our Stoke-on-Trent warehouse, same day on orders before 2pm, with free 1–2 day UK delivery.

Festival and camping flag pole FAQs

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