The Suffolk flag is the registered flag of the

county of Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowestof ...

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. It was registered with the

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on 9 October 2017. The Flag Institute registered the design after Suffolk County Council displayed the flag on the first "Suffolk Day", and after a number of requests by organisations in the county. __TOC__

Design

The design is the Saint Edmund's mediaeval banner of arms. It is two gold arrows passing through a gold crown or with heraldic description as ''Azure two Arrows in saltire, points downwards, enfiled with an ancient Crown Or'' Edmund, the Anglo-Saxon king of East Anglia, is strongly connected with Suffolk with his burial site located in the county at

Bury Saint Edmunds Bury St Edmunds (), commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a historic market, cathedral town and civil parish in Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton ...

. It can be seen across the county; incorporated into the county and several town coat of arms as well as association badges or logos and sporting bodies. Following its hoisting by the County Council, to celebrate the yearly Suffolk Day on 21 June 2017, a campaign was initiated to register the armorial banner of Saint Edmund. It was supported by twenty-one county based organisations and in light of this local support as well as the emblem's extensive use across the county, the flag was registered by the Flag Institute.

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* Flag Institute registration particularsbr>Background on the Suffolk flag
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