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Berkshire county flag

Flag artwork supplied by the Flag Institute UK Flag Registry; reproduced as the registered public flag. Optimised to WebP without changing the design. Artwork and public-use information.

Registered county flag

County	Berkshire
Geographical grouping	England
Registration recorded by British County Flags	27 February 2017
Design attribution	Traditional
Status checked	24 October 2026

Design and symbolism

A red stag stands beneath an oak tree on gold. Its antlers, tree and warm background create a distinctive woodland emblem.

History and use

The stag and oak have long represented Berkshire. Michael Drayton’s poem about Agincourt, published in 1627, describes a stag beneath an oak as the Berkshire emblem. That is evidence of the seventeenth-century account, rather than contemporary proof of a flag carried in 1415. Local organisations supported the modern registration.

Sources and acknowledgements

County geography follows the Historic Counties Standard, published by the Historic Counties Trust, as used by RealCounties. Read our source and status guidance.

Flag-profile text: Historic Counties Institute, CC BY-SA 3.0, drawing on the credited research. Artwork has its own credit above.