The <b>County Flag of Greater Manchester</b> is composed of ten golden castles (arranged in rows of 3-2-3-2) on a red background, fringed by a golden border in the style of a castle battlement.
<p>NB: This is the official flag of Greater Manchester, adopted by Greater Manchester County Council in 1974. Despite the Council's abolition, the County (and Flag) remain.
</p><p>The ten golden castles represent both the urban landscape of Greater Manchester, and its division in to its ten metropolitan districts: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside, Trafford, Salford, Stockport, and Wigan. The red ground represents man-power and the county's red-brick architectural heritage, both legacies of Greater Manchester's industrial past. The embattled border represents the unity and shared future of the county, and its bold, vigilant and forward-looking character.
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The <i>blazon</i> is: "Gules, ten Towers three two three two, all within a Bordure embattled Or".
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2010-12-22
Based on <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:County_Flag_of_Greater_Manchester.png" title="File:County Flag of Greater Manchester.png">File:County Flag of Greater Manchester.png</a> by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jza84" title="User:Jza84">Jza84</a>.