England · Geographic county

Leicestershire 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	Leicestershire
Geographical grouping	England
Registration recorded by British County Flags	16 July 2021
Design attribution	Jason Saber
Status checked	24 October 2026

Design and symbolism

A gold cinquefoil and a running fox lie across a red-and-white zigzag division. Each element contributes a different strand of county heraldry.

History and use

The cinquefoil recalls the de Beaumont earls, the zigzag division the arms of Simon de Montfort, and the fox a widely used county emblem. Jason Saber designed the flag, registered in 2021 after a request from the county’s MPs. Its registration completed the set of flags for England’s 39 geographic counties.

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.