List of Cornish flags


This is a list of flags that are used exclusively in Cornwall, or by the Cornish people, a recognised national minority of the United Kingdom.

Flag

Royal Standards

Peerage

Regional flags

FlagDateUseDescription
2002The Scillonian Cross, the official flag of the Isles of Scilly.The Scillonian Cross, top half gold; representing the golden sand of the beaches, bottom half blue; representing the sea. Also with the top right corner picturing stars representing the location of the islands.

Villages

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Malpas

Religious flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1876Flag of the Diocese of TruroA Saint George's Cross defaced with the coat of arms of the Diocese in the canton.
1950Flag of St Austell ParishA white eagle flying westwards over a gold map of Cornwall on a field of blue.

Historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Pre-1415Two Cornish wrestlers in a hitch, still used by the Cornish Wrestling association. Supposed used at Agincourt
??The Cornish chough used as an emblem.
c.1940–1944Flag of the 11th Battalion, Cornwall Home GuardA light yellow flag with a black Cornish chough, used by the Newquay unit of the Cornwall Home Guard.

Organisations

FlagDateUseDescription
Link to file1894Cornwall County Cricket Club
1883Cornwall Rugby Football UnionA Saint Piran's Cross with two horizontal gold stripes in each quarter.
Cornish Wrestling AssociationA banner used by the Cornish Wrestling Association, based on that allegedly used by Cornish soldiers at Agincourt. The text above the wrestlers reads "KERNOW BYS VYKEN", and the text below the wrestlers reads "GWARY WHEK YU GWARY TEK".
Cornish Maritime TrustA long white pennant surrounded by a red border and defaced with the name "CORNISH MARITIME TRUST" in red.
1928Gorsedh Kernow
1920Isles of Scilly Steamship CompanyA white cross on a blue field, with each quarter containing one of the company's initials in red.

Yacht and sailing clubs

FlagDateUseDescription
1972Cargreen Yacht ClubA green burgee defaced with a red brick chimney outlined in black in the hoist.
1921Flushing Sailing ClubA black burgee defaced with a gold letter "V".
1948Helford River Sailing ClubA blue burgee divided by a red cross outlined in white, with a gold ship in the centre.
1934Looe Sailing ClubA diagonally divided burgee of seven red and yellow stripes defaced with a black silhouette of a ship on the waves.
Mount's Bay Sailing Club
1963Mylor Yacht ClubA white burgee divided by a red Saint George's Cross with the shield from the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall in the canton.
1965Padstow Sailing ClubA white burgee defaced with a red-and-white fish and surrounded by a blue border.
1939–1990sPenzance Sailing ClubA white burgee defaced with a black skull and crossbones.
1990sPenzance Sailing ClubA black burgee divided by a white Saint Piran's Cross, with a black skull and crossbones on a white disc in the centre.
1958Port Navas Yacht ClubA black burgee with the white-coloured initials "PNYC" arranged vertically in the hoist and separated from the rest of the burgee by a vertical white line, and the rest of the burgee divided by a white Saint Piran's Cross with a gold ship's wheel to the upper left of the cross.
1951Porthpean Sailing ClubA blue burgee divided by a white cross, defaced in the centre with a white shield bearing a red saltire.
1974The Quay Sailing ClubA white burgee with a crimson border, defaced with a white shield containing three black bells in the hoist, and the black-coloured initials "Q.S.C." in the fly.
1933Restronguet Sailing ClubA blue burgee defaced with a white seashell and surrounded by a white border.
1938Rock Sailing and Waterski ClubA yellow burgee defaced with a black silhouette of a camel.
1871Royal Cornwall Yacht ClubBlue Ensign, with the Prince of Wales's feathers heraldic badge.
1880Royal Fowey Yacht ClubRed Ensign, with the coat of arms of the Duke of Cornwall.
1972St Ives Sailing Club
1920St Mawes Sailing ClubA white-and-red quartered burgee with the shield from the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall in the canton.
1898Saltash Sailing Club
1891Torpoint Mosquito Sailing ClubA dark blue burgee divided by a white cross and defaced with a red diamond in the centre.

Ensigns

FlagDateUseDescription
Another unofficial Cornish Merchant Naval ensignBlack flag with a white cross, and a Union Jack in the canton.
Another unofficial Cornish ensign, flown on the ferry from St Mawes to Falmouth.A black field divided by a white cross, with a Union Jack in the canton and the Standard of the Duke of Cornwall in the lower fly.
1988Another unofficial Cornish ensign, flown by Cornish AustraliansThe Cornish flag defaced with the Standard Stars of the Australian Flag.