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{{Short description|Flag of English county}}
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| Name = Nottinghamshire
| Name = Nottinghamshire
| Article =
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| Type =
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| Image = County Flag of Nottinghamshire.svg
| Image = County Flag of Nottinghamshire.svg
| Imagetext = County Flag of Nottinghamshire
| Nickname =
| Morenicks =
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| Use = [[List_of_English_flags#Historic_counties|County flag]]
| Use = [[List of English flags#Historic_counties|County flag]]
| Symbol =
| Symbol =
| Proportion = 3:5
| Proportion = 3:5
| Adoption = 20 May 2011
| Adoption = {{Start date and age|20 May 2011}}
| Design = A white-[[fimbriation|fimbriated]] symmetric red cross on a green field, [[defacement (flag)|defaced]] with a white shield [[charge (heraldry)|charge]]d with a green silhouette of [[Robin Hood]]
| Design = A white-[[fimbriation|fimbriated]] symmetric red cross on a green field, [[defacement (flag)|defaced]] with a white shield [[charge (heraldry)|charge]]d with a green silhouette of [[James Woodford]]'s bronze statue of [[Robin Hood]]
| Designer = [[BBC Radio Nottingham]]<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=County flag design is unveiled|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-13337196|access-date=2 August 2018|work=[[BBC News Online]]|date=20 May 2011}}</ref>
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[[File:Flag of Nottinghamshire County Council.png|thumb|Flag of [[Nottinghamshire County Council]]]]

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The '''Nottinghamshire flag''' is an unofficial flag of the [[county of Nottingham]]. Andy Whittaker, of BBC Nottingham, organized a competition following a suggestion by two of his listeners, Jane Bealby and Mike Gaunt. The final design was made up of elements from the designs submitted by a number of people to the radio station for consideration as the new county flag.{{cn|date=April 2016}}
The '''flag of [[Nottinghamshire]]''' was registered with the [[Flag Institute]] in 2011.<ref name="Flag Institute">{{cite web|last1=Bartram|first1=Graham|author-link1=Graham Bartram|title=Nottinghamshire|url=https://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/flags/nottinghamshir/|website=flaginstitute.org|publisher=The [[Flag Institute]]|access-date=2 August 2018|date=20 May 2011}}</ref> The flag includes a white-[[fimbriation|fimbriated]] red [[St George's Cross]] on a green background, and a green silhouette of [[James Woodford]]'s bronze [[Statue of Robin Hood|statue]] of [[Robin Hood]] on a white shield<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=County flag design is unveiled|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-13337196|access-date=2 August 2018|work=[[BBC News Online]]|date=20 May 2011}}</ref> located close to [[Nottingham Castle]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Robin Hood Statue (Nottingham Castle) - International Robin Hood Bibliography |url=https://www.irhb.org/wiki/index.php/Robin_Hood_Statue_(Nottingham_Castle) |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=www.irhb.org}}</ref>


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==Flag design==
==Flag design==
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Andy Whittaker of [[BBC Radio Nottingham]] organised a competition following a suggestion by two of his listeners, Jane Bealby and Mike Gaunt. The final design was made up of elements from the designs submitted by a number of people to the radio station for consideration as the new county flag.
The flag includes a white-[[fimbriation|fimbriated]] red [[St George's Cross]] on a green background, and a green silhouette of [[Robin Hood]] on a white shield.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-13337196 "Nottinghamshire flag design unveiled," BBC News, 20 May 2011]</ref>

The [[Pantone]] colours for the flag are:<ref name="Flag Institute"/>
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!Scheme
! scope="col" style="background:#4A7729; color:white;" |Green<ref>{{Cite web |last=PANTONE |title=PANTONE 364 C – find a PANTONE Color |url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/364-C |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=www.pantone.com |language=en |archive-date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808054450/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/364-C |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! scope="col" style="background:#C8102E; color:white;" |Red<ref>{{Cite web |last=PANTONE |title=PANTONE 186 C – find a PANTONE Color |url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/186-C |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=www.pantone.com |language=en |archive-date=16 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116082712/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/186-C |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! scope="col" style="background:white; color:black;" |White
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! scope="row" |[[Pantone]] (paper)
|364 C
|186 C
|Safe
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! scope="row" |[[Web colors|HEX]]
|#4A7729
|#C8102E
|#FFFFFF
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! scope="row" |[[CMYK color model|CMYK]]
|18.0.31.53
|2.100.85.6
|0.0.0.0
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! scope="row" |[[RGB color model|RGB]]
|74, 119, 41
|200, 16, 46
|255, 255, 255
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===2011 competition finalists===
<gallery>
File:Nottinghamshire flag proposal (2011) - Design 1.svg|Design 1
File:Nottinghamshire flag proposal (2011) - Design 2.svg|Design 2
File:County Flag of Nottinghamshire.svg|Design 3 (winner)
</gallery>


== Flag of Nottinghamshire County Council ==
The pantone colours for the flag are:<ref>[http://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/flags/nottinghamshir/ The Flag Institute, Nottinghamshire]</ref>
[[File:Flag of Nottinghamshire County Council.png|thumb|Flag of [[Nottinghamshire County Council]]|left]]The Banner of Arms of the [[Nottinghamshire County Council]] has a large stylized gold oak tree representing Sherwood Forest defacing a wavy blue and white horizontal wave pattern representing the [[River Trent|Trent River]] that runs across the country.
*Green 364
*White
*Red 186


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Flags of places in England|Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Flags of places in England|Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Flags introduced in 2011]]
[[Category:Flags introduced in 2011|Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Robin Hood]]
[[Category:Robin Hood]]
[[Category:Flags with crosses|Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Flags with crosses|Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Flags adopted through competition|Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Flags adopted through competition|Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Flags with green, red and white]]

Latest revision as of 14:41, 24 June 2024

Nottinghamshire
County Flag of Nottinghamshire
UseCounty flag
Proportion3:5
Adopted20 May 2011; 13 years ago (20 May 2011)
DesignA white-fimbriated symmetric red cross on a green field, defaced with a white shield charged with a green silhouette of James Woodford's bronze statue of Robin Hood
Designed byBBC Radio Nottingham[1]

The flag of Nottinghamshire was registered with the Flag Institute in 2011.[2] The flag includes a white-fimbriated red St George's Cross on a green background, and a green silhouette of James Woodford's bronze statue of Robin Hood on a white shield[1] located close to Nottingham Castle. [3]

Flag design

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Andy Whittaker of BBC Radio Nottingham organised a competition following a suggestion by two of his listeners, Jane Bealby and Mike Gaunt. The final design was made up of elements from the designs submitted by a number of people to the radio station for consideration as the new county flag.

The Pantone colours for the flag are:[2]

Scheme Green[4] Red[5] White
Pantone (paper) 364 C 186 C Safe
HEX #4A7729 #C8102E #FFFFFF
CMYK 18.0.31.53 2.100.85.6 0.0.0.0
RGB 74, 119, 41 200, 16, 46 255, 255, 255

2011 competition finalists

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  • Design 1
    Design 1
  • Design 2
    Design 2
  • Design 3 (winner)
    Design 3 (winner)

Flag of Nottinghamshire County Council

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Flag of Nottinghamshire County Council

The Banner of Arms of the Nottinghamshire County Council has a large stylized gold oak tree representing Sherwood Forest defacing a wavy blue and white horizontal wave pattern representing the Trent River that runs across the country.

References

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  1. ^ a b "County flag design is unveiled". BBC News Online. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b Bartram, Graham (20 May 2011). "Nottinghamshire". flaginstitute.org. The Flag Institute. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Robin Hood Statue (Nottingham Castle) - International Robin Hood Bibliography". www.irhb.org. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  4. ^ PANTONE. "PANTONE 364 C – find a PANTONE Color". www.pantone.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. ^ PANTONE. "PANTONE 186 C – find a PANTONE Color". www.pantone.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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