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Tyne and Wear Flags – Castle & Rivers Flag, Bunting & Table Flags

The Tyne and Wear flag, the white castle over the wavy line on blue, for the Great North Run, the Stadium of Light and St James’ Park, the Mouth of the Tyne festival, South Shields seafront and every pole from Whitley Bay to Washington. Fly the Tyne and Wear flag in 20x12in to 8ft x 5ft, string Tyne and Wear bunting along the quayside, and wave Tyne and Wear hand flags on the Town Moor.

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The Tyne and Wear flag: a castle over the rivers

The Tyne and Wear flag is a deep blue field with a white outline of a battlemented castle tower standing over a single white wavy line that runs from hoist to fly. The castle is the keep that gave Newcastle its name, drawn in the simple style of the emblem adopted by the Tyne and Wear County Council when the metropolitan county was created in 1974, and the wavy line is the two rivers in one stroke, the Tyne through Newcastle and Gateshead and the Wear through Sunderland. The council was abolished in 1986 but the county survives for the fire service, the Metro and the ceremonial lieutenancy, and the castle and wave have carried on as the flag of the five boroughs. Our Tyne and Wear flag is that design, stocked in two grades and four sizes.

Where the castle flies

The flag goes up for the Great North Run from the Town Moor to South Shields in September, Newcastle United at St James’ Park and Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, Gateshead at the International Stadium and South Shields at Mariners Park, the Mouth of the Tyne festival at Tynemouth in July, the Hoppings on the Town Moor in June, the Sunderland illuminations and the Roker and Seaburn seafront, the Whitley Bay and Cullercoats regattas, Beamish and the Angel of the North, the Tall Ships when they visit the Tyne, Durham Miners’ Gala banners passing through Washington and Houghton, Jarrow and Bede’s World, and on garden poles from Blaydon to Boldon for jubilees and coronations. The historic counties on either side of the Tyne are Northumberland and County Durham, and both of those flags are stocked as well. The events calendar has the dates.

Sizes, grades and fittings

The flag is held in 20x12in for a hand pole or a desk, 3ft x 2ft for a wall, a boat on the Tyne or a short mast, 5ft x 3ft for a 6m garden pole, a club or a pub, and 8ft x 5ft for a stadium approach, a civic building or a tall fixed pole. Flagtex is the printed woven-polyester grade for a race weekend or a match; DuraFlag is the heavier knitted-polyester grade with reinforced hems and double stitching for a coastal pole at Whitley Bay or Roker that takes a North Sea blow all year. Both grades have eyelets, and the DuraFlag is also offered with rope and toggle for a halyard.

Tyne and Wear bunting

Tyne and Wear bunting repeats the castle on rectangular pennants in 3m and 9m lengths. Three metres does a bar, a club room or a classroom, nine metres runs along a community centre, a social club or a quayside railing, and strings joined together will cross a street in North Shields or Houghton-le-Spring for a festival.

Hand flags and table flags

Tyne and Wear hand flags are 9x6in on wooden sticks for the Great North Run route, a parade or a school. On the desk there is the Tyne and Wear table flag with base at 6x4in, the 9x6in wooden table flag and the satin table flag for a council chamber, a civic dinner or a reception. Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire and Cumberland are under county flags.

Tyne and Wear flag FAQs

What is on the Tyne and Wear flag?

A white outline of a battlemented castle over a white wavy line on blue: the castle for Newcastle’s keep and the wave for the two rivers that name the county.

Which areas does Tyne and Wear cover?

The five boroughs of Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland, including Washington, Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, South Shields and Jarrow.

Is Tyne and Wear a historic county?

No. It was created in 1974 from parts of Northumberland north of the Tyne and County Durham south of it, and those two historic county flags are also flown in the area.

Which flag for a Newcastle or Sunderland match?

The Tyne and Wear flag covers both cities and is neutral between them; a 5ft x 3ft Flagtex is the usual choice for the car, the pub or the garden on match day.

Which size for a garden flagpole?

Go for 5ft x 3ft on a 6m garden or telescopic pole, 3ft x 2ft on a shorter pole, and 8ft x 5ft on a fixed pole of 20ft or more.

Is there Tyne and Wear bunting?

Yes, Tyne and Wear bunting with the castle on every pennant, in 3m and 9m lengths.

How quickly will Tyne and Wear flags arrive?

The Tyne and Wear range is stocked in and dispatched from our Stoke-on-Trent warehouse; orders in by 2pm go out the same day with free 1–2 day UK delivery.