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Westmorland Flags – Apple Tree Flag, Bunting & Table Flags
The Westmorland flag, the gold apple tree on red and white bars, for Westmorland Day on 29 September, the county show at Crooklands, Appleby Horse Fair, Grasmere Sports, Kendal Mountain Festival and every fell-side pole from Kirkby Stephen to Windermere. Fly the Westmorland flag in 20x12in to 8ft x 5ft, string Westmorland bunting across the village green, and put a Westmorland table flag on the parish council desk.
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The Westmorland flag: the apple tree on red and white
The Westmorland flag is a white field crossed by two red bars, with a gold apple tree bearing seven apples laid over the whole. The bars and the tree come from the arms granted to Westmorland County Council in 1926, the apple tree being the ancient device of the borough of Appleby, the old county town, and the red and white bars from the county’s older heraldry. When the county was folded into Cumbria in 1974 the design kept going on the Westmorland Association’s banners and the county show, and it was registered with the Flag Institute as the county flag in 2011. It now flies again from the offices of Westmorland and Furness Council in Kendal, and our Westmorland flag is that registered design in the full size range.
Westmorland Day, 29 September
Westmorland Day is 29 September, Michaelmas, and the apple tree goes up that day on town halls, schools and pubs from Appleby to Ambleside. The flag also flies for the Westmorland County Show at Crooklands in September, Appleby Horse Fair in June, Grasmere Sports and Ambleside Sports in the summer, the Kendal Mountain Festival in November, Kendal Calling at Lowther Deer Park, the Kirkby Stephen and Brough shows, the Windermere steamers and the Lakes regatta, the Settle–Carlisle line at Kirkby Stephen, Kendal Town at Parkside Road, the Lowther Show and the Shap Fell climb, and Rydal and Grasmere on Wordsworth days. The historic county runs from the Eden to Windermere, so Penrith’s south side, Kirkby Lonsdale and Sedbergh fly it too. The events calendar keeps the dates.
Sizes, grades and fittings
The flag comes in 20x12in for a hand pole or a desk, 3ft x 2ft for a wall, a boat on Windermere or a short mast, 5ft x 3ft for a 6m garden pole, a pub or a campsite, and 8ft x 5ft for a showground, a castle or a tall fixed pole. Flagtex is the printed woven-polyester grade for a show day or the 29th; DuraFlag is the heavier knitted-polyester grade with reinforced hems and double stitching, which is the one to pick for a fell-side pole that takes Lakeland rain and wind all year. Both grades are eyeleted, and the DuraFlag can be ordered with rope and toggle for a halyard.
Westmorland bunting
Westmorland bunting repeats the apple tree on rectangular pennants in 3m and 9m lengths. Three metres dresses a bar, a tea room or a classroom, nine metres runs the length of a village hall, a marquee or a show pen, and two or three strings tied together will cross Appleby’s Boroughgate or Kendal’s Stricklandgate for the day.
Hand flags and table flags
Westmorland hand flags are 9x6in on wooden sticks for a parade, a school or the sports field at Grasmere. On the desk there is the Westmorland 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. Cumberland, Lancashire, Yorkshire and County Durham are under county flags.
Westmorland flag FAQs
What is on the Westmorland flag?
A gold apple tree with seven apples over two red bars on a white field, taken from the arms of the old Westmorland County Council.
Why an apple tree?
The apple tree is the ancient emblem of Appleby, the historic county town, and the red and white bars come from the county’s older heraldry.
When is Westmorland Day?
29 September, Michaelmas, when the flag is flown on civic buildings and schools across the historic county.
Is Westmorland still a county?
The historic county never went away, and since 2023 the name is back in local government as Westmorland and Furness Council, which covers Kendal, Appleby, Penrith and Barrow.
Which size for a garden flagpole?
5ft x 3ft for a 6m garden or telescopic pole, 3ft x 2ft for a shorter pole or a boat, and 8ft x 5ft for a fixed pole of 20ft or more.
Is there Westmorland bunting?
Yes, Westmorland bunting with the apple tree on every pennant, in 3m and 9m lengths.
How quickly will Westmorland flags arrive?
The whole Westmorland range is stocked in and dispatched from our Stoke-on-Trent warehouse; order by 2pm for same-day dispatch and free 1–2 day UK delivery.