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Northumberland Flags – Red & Gold County Flag, Bunting & Table Flags

The Northumberland flag, the red and gold bars of the old kingdom, for Northumberland Day on 25 May, the county show at Bywell, Alnwick, Bamburgh and Hexham, the Hadrian’s Wall path and every castle from Warkworth to Lindisfarne. Fly the Northumberland flag in 20x12in to 8ft x 5ft, hang Northumberland bunting in lengths up to 20m, and put a Northumberland windsock on the caravan at Beadnell.

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The Northumberland flag: red and gold of the old kingdom

The Northumberland flag is a field of eight vertical bars in red and gold, counterchanged so that each bar is split across the middle, red over gold and gold over red. It is one of the oldest designs in English heraldry: Bede wrote in the eighth century of a banner of gold and purple hung over the tomb of King Oswald at Bamburgh, and the red and gold bars were attributed to the kings of Northumbria by later heralds. The banner was granted to Northumberland County Council in 1951 and registered with the Flag Institute as the county flag in 1995, and it is flown from County Hall in Morpeth, from the castles at Alnwick and Bamburgh and on the roadside signs as you cross the Tyne or the border. Our Northumberland flag is that registered pattern, held in the full size range and both grades.

Northumberland Day, 25 May

Northumberland Day is 25 May, with the flag on civic buildings, schools, churches and pubs from Berwick to Blyth and the Northumberland County Show at Bywell over the late May bank holiday. Through the year it flies at the Alnwick, Glendale and Bellingham shows, the Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering, the Hexham Abbey festival, the Kielder marathon and dark-sky weekends, the Amble puffin festival, the Bamburgh and Warkworth castle events, the Hadrian’s Wall path and the Pennine Way, Lindisfarne at low tide and the Farne Islands boats, and at Blyth Spartans and Morpeth Town. The historic county runs south to the Tyne, so Newcastle, North Shields, Wallsend and Tynemouth fly it as well. The events calendar keeps the dates.

Sizes, grades and fittings

The flag comes in 20x12in for a hand pole, a car or a desk, 3ft x 2ft for a wall or a short mast, 5ft x 3ft for a 6m garden pole, a pub or a caravan, and 8ft x 5ft for a castle, a showground or a tall fixed pole. Flagtex is the printed woven-polyester grade for the show or the 25th; DuraFlag is the heavier knitted-polyester grade with reinforced hems and double stitching for a coastal or Cheviot pole that flies the bars through a Northumbrian winter. Both have eyelets, and the DuraFlag can be ordered with rope and toggle for a halyard. There is also a Northumberland windsock for a caravan, a campsite or a garden pole.

Northumberland bunting

Northumberland bunting repeats the red and gold bars on every pennant in 3m, 5m, 9m and 20m lengths, in rectangular or triangular pennants. Three metres dresses a bar or a classroom, nine metres runs along a village hall or a pavilion, and the 20m length will cross Alnwick market place or Morpeth high street for Northumberland Day.

Hand flags and table flags

Northumberland hand flags are 9x6in on wooden sticks for a parade, a school or the showground. On the desk there is the Northumberland table flag with base at 6x4in, the 9x6in wooden table flag and the satin table flag for a council chamber, a mayor’s parlour or a dinner. County Durham, Cumberland, Yorkshire and the Scottish Borders are under county flags.

Northumberland flag FAQs

What is on the Northumberland flag?

Eight vertical bars of red and gold, counterchanged across the middle, the ancient banner attributed to the kings of Northumbria. It was granted to the county council in 1951 and registered with the Flag Institute in 1995.

When is Northumberland Day?

25 May, when the flag is flown across the county and the County Show is held at Bywell over the bank holiday weekend.

Does the flag cover Newcastle and Tyneside?

Yes. The historic county runs down to the Tyne, so Newcastle, Tynemouth, Wallsend and North Shields fly the same red and gold.

Which size for a garden flagpole?

On a 6m garden or telescopic pole use the 5ft x 3ft; on a shorter pole the 3ft x 2ft, and on a fixed pole of 20ft or more the 8ft x 5ft.

What lengths of Northumberland bunting are there?

3m, 5m, 9m and 20m, in rectangular or triangular pennants, with the red and gold bars on every flag.

Is there a Northumberland windsock?

Yes, a Northumberland windsock in red and gold for a caravan pole, a campsite or a garden.

How quickly will a Northumberland flag arrive?

Every item on this page is stocked in and dispatched from our Stoke-on-Trent warehouse; order before 2pm for same-day dispatch and free 1–2 day delivery anywhere in the UK, Berwick included.