Yorkshire Flag

The Design of the Yorkshire Flag

The famous Yorkshire flag features a white rose on a deep sky blue background. The white rose has been a symbol of Yorkshire since the Fourteenth century, when the first Duke of York used this image as a part of his heraldic badge. It has since been used to represent Yorkshire in the Seven Years War, also known as the War of the Roses between two neighbouring counties, Yorkshire and Lancashire. 

Yorkshire Flag History

Despite the long history of the white rose representing Yorkshire, the flag itself was only designed as recently as the 1960s. In July 2008, the flag was registered by the British Flag Institute on request of the Yorkshire Ridings Society. Since then, the flag has proudly been displayed throughout the count

Purchase your Yorkshire Flag with Flagmakers 

The Yorkshire Flag is digitally printed using our state-of-the-art textile print systems and knitted polyester flag fabric in our UK manufacturing facility. Chosen for strength and durability, knitted polyester is a Ministry of Defence approved fabric, ideal for anybody looking for a good value national flag finished ready to fly from your flagpole.

The Yorkshire flag is finished by hand with a headband rope and toggle as standard, ready to attach directly to a flagpole. The three exposed sides of the flag are finished with a strong double hem and a triple sewn hem on the fly edge for extra durability and longevity.

Other finishes are available, please be sure to select the correct option for you or contact a member of our team for support.