The Wiltshire flag is a modern proposal for a county flag for Wiltshire. It is partly based on the flag of the Wiltshire County Council, including the alternating stripes of green and white that are said to represent the grassy downs of the county and their chalk underlay. Publicity for the flag also mentions that the colours can represent hope, joy and safety (green) and peace (white). A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... The Dannebrog, national flag of Denmark. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... A bridge over the river Avon at Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Mossy, green fountain in Wattens, Austria. ... White rose. ... A downland is an area of open chalk upland. ... The Needles,situated on the Isle Of Wight, are part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation. ...

An image of the Great Bustard stands at the centre of the flag. This bird had been extinct in England since 1832, but is now part of an intensive ten-year breeding programme on Salisbury Plain. Salisbury Plain, at the heart of the county, is one of only two areas in Great Britain in which the Great Bustard originally lived. On the flag, the male Great Bustard is depicted in gold on a solid green circle to represent the open grassland. The border of the circle, in six sections alternating green and white, is said to represent the stone circles of Stonehenge and Avebury in the county. The six portions are also said to represent the six surrounding counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Dorset and Somerset. Binomial name Otis tarda Linnaeus, 1758 The Great Bustard, Otis tarda, is a very large bird in the bustard family. ... This article is about the plateau in southern England; Salisbury Plain is also an area on South Georgia Island. ... Swinside stone circle, in the Lake District, England. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Avebury Henge and Village Avebury is the site of a large henge and several stone circles in the English county of Wiltshire at grid reference SU103699, surrounding the village of Avebury (its geographical location is 51°25′43″N, 1°51′15″W). ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Berks redirects here. ... Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire or Hamptonshire, (abbr. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dɔ.sət], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ...

The technical specification of the flag is that it is a 3:5 ratio, and is manufactured in green and gold onto a white material. A ratio is a dimensionless, or unitless, quantity denoting an amount or magnitude of one quantity relative to another. ...