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Sussex Flags – Six Martlets Flag, Bunting & Table Flags

The Sussex flag, six gold martlets on blue, for Sussex Day on 16 June, the South of England Show at Ardingly, the cricket at Hove, the Albion at the Amex and the bonfire season in Lewes. Fly the Sussex flag in 20x12in to 8ft x 5ft, hang Sussex bunting along the seafront bar, and put a Sussex windsock on the beach hut or the caravan.

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The Sussex flag: six gold martlets on blue

The Sussex flag shows six gold martlets, the heraldic swallows drawn without feet, arranged three, two and one on a blue field. The martlets have stood for Sussex since the arms were attributed to the old kingdom of the South Saxons in the sixteenth century, and the six birds are often said to be the six rapes, the ancient divisions of the county from Chichester to Hastings. They appear on the arms of both county councils, on Sussex cricket’s badge and on the county’s coat of arms over town halls from Horsham to Rye. The flag was registered with the Flag Institute in 2011 after a campaign by Sussex people and is flown from County Hall in Lewes and Chichester and across both halves of the county. That registered design is our Sussex flag, held in the full size range and both grades.

Sussex Day, 16 June

Sussex Day is 16 June, the feast of St Richard of Chichester, and the martlets fly that day on civic buildings, schools and churches from Bognor to Brighton to Bexhill. Through the year the flag goes up for the South of England Show at Ardingly in June, Sussex cricket at Hove, Brighton and Hove Albion at the Amex, Glorious Goodwood and the Festival of Speed, Eastbourne and Worthing on the seafront, the Arundel and Petworth festivals, Lewes bonfire night on 5 November when the whole town marches, the Hastings Jack in the Green on May Day, the Battle of Hastings re-enactment in October and the Weald and Downland and Amberley museums. 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 beach hut, and 8ft x 5ft for a cricket ground, a town hall or a tall fixed pole. Flagtex is the printed woven-polyester grade for the show or Sussex Day; DuraFlag is the heavier knitted-polyester grade with reinforced hems and double stitching for a seafront or Downland pole that takes the Channel wind all year. Eyelets are fitted to both grades, with the DuraFlag also offered with rope and toggle for a halyard pole. There is also a Sussex windsock for a beach hut, a caravan or a garden pole.

Sussex bunting

Sussex bunting repeats the martlets on rectangular pennants in 3m and 9m lengths. Three metres dresses a bar, a beach hut or a classroom, nine metres runs along a village hall, a cricket pavilion or a pier kiosk, and several lengths tied together will cross a high street in Lewes or Arundel for Sussex Day.

Hand flags and table flags

Sussex hand flags are 9x6in on wooden sticks for a parade, a school or the Hove or Amex crowd. On the desk there is the Sussex 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. Kent, Surrey and Hampshire are under county flags.

Sussex flag FAQs

What is on the Sussex flag?

Six gold martlets, heraldic swallows without feet, on a blue field, the arms long attributed to the kingdom of the South Saxons. It was registered with the Flag Institute in 2011.

When is Sussex Day?

16 June, St Richard of Chichester’s day, when the martlets fly on civic buildings across East and West Sussex.

Why six martlets?

They are usually taken to represent the six rapes, the historic divisions of Sussex: Chichester, Arundel, Bramber, Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings.

Does the flag cover both East and West Sussex and Brighton?

Yes. The flag is for the whole historic county, so it flies in Brighton and Hove and in both East and West Sussex.

Which size for a garden flagpole?

Fly a 5ft x 3ft from a 6m garden or telescopic pole, a 3ft x 2ft from a shorter one, and keep the 8ft x 5ft for a fixed pole of at least 20ft.

Is there a Sussex windsock?

Yes, a Sussex windsock in blue and gold for a beach hut, a caravan or a garden pole.

How quickly will Sussex flags arrive?

The Sussex range is stocked in and dispatched from our Stoke-on-Trent warehouse; order by 2pm and it goes out the same day with free 1–2 day UK delivery.